Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 18
Yoga-siddhi — The Mystic Perfections and Their Origin in Meditation on the Lord
श्वेतद्वीपपतौ चित्तं शुद्धे धर्ममये मयि । धारयञ्छ्वेततां याति षडूर्मिरहितो नर: ॥ १८ ॥
śvetadvīpa-patau cittaṁ śuddhe dharma-maye mayi dhārayañ chvetatāṁ yāti ṣaḍ-ūrmi-rahito naraḥ
L’être humain qui concentre son cœur en Moi, Seigneur de Śvetadvīpa, incarnation de la pureté et soutien du dharma, atteint une existence immaculée et se libère des six vagues de trouble matériel.
The Lord now begins to explain the processes for obtaining the ten secondary mystic perfections derived from the modes of nature. Within the material world Lord Viṣṇu, addressed here as śvetadvīpa-pati, the Lord of Śvetadvīpa, governs the material mode of goodness and is thus called śuddha and dharma-maya, or the personification of purity and piety. By worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as the personification of material goodness one obtains the material benediction of freedom from bodily disturbance.
FAQs
This verse teaches that by steadily fixing the mind on the supremely pure Lord—described here as the Lord of Śvetadvīpa and the embodiment of dharma—one becomes purified and rises beyond the six material disturbances.
In the Uddhava-gītā section, Kṛṣṇa instructs Uddhava on yoga and devotion, explaining how meditation on the Lord purifies consciousness and grants transcendence over material suffering.
Daily, hold the mind to the Lord through focused japa, prayerful remembrance, and dhāraṇā on His purity and dharma—reducing agitation from bodily demands and emotional turbulence.