Shloka 29
Yoga-siddhi — The Mystic Perfections and Their Origin in Meditation on the Lord
अग्न्यादिभिर्न हन्येत मुनेर्योगमयं वपु: । मद्योगशान्तचित्तस्य यादसामुदकं यथा ॥ २९ ॥
agny-ādibhir na hanyeta muner yoga-mayaṁ vapuḥ mad-yoga-śānta-cittasya yādasām udakaṁ yathā
ရေတွင်းနေသတ္တဝါတို့၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် ရေကြောင့် မထိခိုက်သကဲ့သို့၊ ငါ့ဘက္တိ-ယောဂကြောင့် စိတ်ငြိမ်းချမ်းပြီး ယောဂဗေဒတွင် ပြည့်စုံသော မုနိ၏ ယောဂမယ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် မီး၊ နေ၊ ရေ၊ အဆိပ် စသည်တို့ကြောင့် မထိခိုက်နိုင်။
The creatures dwelling in the ocean are never injured by water; rather, they enjoy life within the watery medium. Similarly, for one skilled in the techniques of yoga, fending off attacks by weapons, fire, poison, and so on, is a recreational activity. Prahlāda Mahārāja was attacked by his father in all these ways, but because of his perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness he was not injured. The pure devotees of the Lord depend fully on the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who possesses mystic opulences to an infinite degree and is therefore known as Yogeśvara, the master of all mystic power. Because devotees are always connected to Lord Kṛṣṇa, they do not feel any need to separately develop powers already possessed unlimitedly by their Lord, master and protector.
FAQs
This verse states that a sage whose mind is शांत (peaceful) through Kṛṣṇa’s yoga becomes unharmed by material elements like fire—his body is described as ‘yoga-made,’ and the elements cannot overpower him.
In the Uddhava Gītā (Canto 11), Kṛṣṇa explains yoga and its perfections; here He teaches that true yogic steadiness—rooted in connection to Him—brings mastery over elemental disturbances and fear.
By steady bhakti practices (hearing, chanting, remembrance), one becomes less shaken by external ‘elements’—stress, crises, and change—developing inner composure and resilience even when circumstances are intense.