Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 35
Kapila Describes Bhakti-Saturated Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga and Meditation on the Lord’s Form
मुक्ताश्रयं यर्हि निर्विषयं विरक्तं निर्वाणमृच्छति मन: सहसा यथार्चि: । आत्मानमत्र पुरुषोऽव्यवधानमेकम् अन्वीक्षते प्रतिनिवृत्तगुणप्रवाह: ॥ ३५ ॥
muktāśrayaṁ yarhi nirviṣayaṁ viraktaṁ nirvāṇam ṛcchati manaḥ sahasā yathārciḥ ātmānam atra puruṣo ’vyavadhānam ekam anvīkṣate pratinivṛtta-guṇa-pravāhaḥ
যেতিয়া মন সকলো ভৌতিক কলুষৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ বিষয়াসক্তিৰ পৰা বৈৰাগ্য লাভ কৰে, তেতিয়া ই দীপশিখাৰ দৰে নিৰ্মল হৈ নিৰ্বাণলৈ উপনীত হয়; তেতিয়া গুণপ্ৰবাহ নিবৃত্ত সাধকে পৰমাত্মাক অব্যৱধান একত্বে অনুভৱ কৰে।
In the material world the activities of the mind are acceptance and rejection. As long as the mind is in material consciousness, it must be forcibly trained to accept meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when one is actually elevated to loving the Supreme Lord, the mind is automatically absorbed in thought of the Lord. In such a position a yogī has no other thought than to serve the Lord. This dovetailing of the mind with the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called nirvāṇa, or making the mind one with the Supreme Lord.
FAQs
This verse says that when the mind becomes free from sense-objects and truly detached, it swiftly attains the peace of nirvāṇa, and one can directly perceive the one, unobstructed Self within.
Kapila is instructing his mother Devahūti in the process of yoga and devotion, explaining how inner detachment stills the mind and stops the flow of the material modes, enabling self-realization.
Reduce sense-overload, cultivate steady devotional practice (hearing, chanting, remembrance), and choose habits that weaken impulsive consumption—so the mind becomes calmer and more capable of perceiving the Self beyond constant agitation.