श्रीभगवानुवाच योगस्य लक्षणं वक्ष्ये सबीजस्य नृपात्मजे । मनो येनैव विधिना प्रसन्नं याति सत्पथम् ॥ १ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca yogasya laksanam vaksye sabijasya nrpatmaje mano yenaiva vidhina prasannam yati sat-patham
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Personality of Godhead said
- yogasya
- of the yoga system
- laksanam
- description
- vaksye
- I shall explain
- sabijasya
- authorized
- nrpa-atma-je
- O daughter of the King
- manah
- the mind
- yena
- by which
- eva
- certainly
- vidhina
- by practice
- prasannam
- joyful
- yati
- attains
- sat-patham
- the path of the Absolute Truth.
The Personality of Godhead said: My dear mother, O daughter of the King, now I shall explain to you the system of yoga, the object of which is to concentrate the mind. By practicing this system one can become joyful and progressively advance towards the path of the Absolute Truth.