श्रीभगवानुवाच पुत्रा हिरण्यगर्भस्य मानसा: सनकादय: । पप्रच्छु: पितरं सूक्ष्मां योगस्यैकान्तिकीं गतिम् ॥ १६ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca putrā hiraṇyagarbhasya mānasāḥ sanakādayaḥ papracchuḥ pitaraṁ sūkṣmāṁ yogasyaikāntikīṁ gatim
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- putrāḥ
- the sons
- hiraṇya-garbhasya
- of Lord Brahmā
- mānasāḥ
- born of the mind
- sanaka-ādayaḥ
- headed by Sanaka Ṛṣi
- papracchuḥ
- inquired
- pitaram
- from their father (Brahmā)
- sūkṣmām
- subtle and therefore difficult to understand
- yogasya
- of the science of yoga
- ekāntikīm
- the supreme
- gatim
- destination
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Once, the mental sons of Lord Brahmā, namely, the sages headed by Sanaka, inquired from their father about the difficult subject matter of the supreme goal of yoga.