Shloka 19
Yoga-siddhi — The Mystic Perfections and Their Origin in Meditation on the Lord
मय्याकाशात्मनि प्राणे मनसा घोषमुद्वहन् । तत्रोपलब्धा भूतानां हंसो वाच: शृणोत्यसौ ॥ १९ ॥
mayy ākāśātmani prāṇe manasā ghoṣam udvahan tatropalabdhā bhūtānāṁ haṁso vācaḥ śṛṇoty asau
အာကာသအဖြစ်တော်မူသော ငါနှင့် စုစုပေါင်း ပရాణအဖြစ်တော်မူသော ငါ၌ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သော ထူးကဲသံလှိုင်းကို စိတ်ဖြင့် ထိန်းထားသော သန့်ရှင်းသော ဇီဝသည် အာကာသအတွင်းရှိ သတ္တဝါအားလုံး၏ စကားသံကို သိမြင်၍ ကြားနိုင်သည်။
Speech occurs by vibrating air within the sky. One who meditates on the Supreme Lord as the personified sky and air thereby acquires the ability to hear that which is vibrated at great distance. The word prāṇa indicates that the Lord is the personified life air of the individual living entities and for the total aggregate of life forms. Ultimately, the pure devotees meditate on the supreme vibration — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare — and are thus able to hear the speech originating from liberated living entities far beyond the material universe. Any living entity can hear such discussions by reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā and other such literatures. One who has properly understood the opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead finds all perfection, mystic and otherwise, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
FAQs
In this verse, Kṛṣṇa explains that by fixing the mind on Him within prāṇa and the subtle etheric principle (ākāśa), a yogī can perceive sound at a subtle level and thus hear the speech of living beings.
Kṛṣṇa is instructing Uddhava on yoga and its perfections, showing how concentrated meditation on the Lord as the inner Self can produce extraordinary perceptions—while implying that devotion and realization are the true aim beyond mere powers.
Rather than chasing paranormal abilities, one can apply the principle by cultivating steady concentration (dhyāna) on the Lord within, disciplined breath-awareness, and truthful speech—purifying perception and reducing mental noise.