Guṇa-viveka, Haṁsa-gītā, and the Yoga that Cuts False Ego
श्रीभगवानुवाच पुत्रा हिरण्यगर्भस्य मानसा: सनकादय: । पप्रच्छु: पितरं सूक्ष्मां योगस्यैकान्तिकीं गतिम् ॥ १६ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca putrā hiraṇyagarbhasya mānasāḥ sanakādayaḥ papracchuḥ pitaraṁ sūkṣmāṁ yogasyaikāntikīṁ gatim
Đức Thế Tôn phán: Thuở ấy, các người con do tâm của Hiraṇyagarbha Brahmā—các hiền triết đứng đầu là Sanaka—đã hỏi cha mình về mục tiêu tối thượng, thuần nhất và vi tế của yoga.
In this verse, ‘ekāntikī gati’ indicates the one-pointed, exclusive goal of yoga—attainment of the Supreme Lord through undivided devotion rather than mixed motives or merely mystical achievement.
As mind-born sages devoted to spiritual truth, Sanaka and the other Kumāras approached their father Brahmā to clarify the most refined and ultimate purpose of yoga—its exclusive culmination in the Supreme.
By simplifying intentions and daily habits around devotion—regular hearing/chanting of the Lord’s names, offering work as service, and avoiding distractions that dilute spiritual focus—one cultivates the one-pointed orientation implied here.