श्रीभगवानुवाच सिद्धयोऽष्टादश प्रोक्ता धारणा योगपारगै: । तासामष्टौ मत्प्रधाना दशैव गुणहेतव: ॥ ३ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca siddhayo ’ṣṭādaśa proktā dhāraṇā yoga-pāra-gaiḥ tāsām aṣṭau mat-pradhānā daśaiva guṇa-hetavaḥ
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- siddhayaḥ
- mystic perfections
- aṣṭādaśa
- eighteen
- proktāḥ
- are declared
- dhāraṇāḥ
- meditations
- yoga
- of yoga
- pāra-gaiḥ
- by the masters
- tāsām
- of the eighteen
- aṣṭau
- eight
- mat-pradhānāḥ
- have their shelter in Me
- daśa
- ten
- eva
- indeed
- guṇa-hetavaḥ
- are manifested from the material mode of goodness
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The masters of the yoga system have declared that there are eighteen types of mystic perfection and meditation, of which eight are primary, having their shelter in Me, and ten are secondary, appearing from the material mode of goodness.