Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.12.3-4
Mukti· LiberationYoga Loosens the Heart’s Material Attachments
“The son of Vajranābha was Sagaṇa, and his son was Vidhṛti. The son of Vidhṛti was Hiraṇyanābha, who became a disciple of Jaimini and became a great ācārya of mystic yoga. It is from Hiraṇyanābha that the great saint Yājñavalkya learned the highly elevated system of mystic yoga known as ādhyātma-yoga, which can loosen the knots of material attachment in the heart.”
What the purport teaches
- Vajranābha’s son was Sagaṇa, whose son was Vidhṛti. Vidhṛti’s son was Hiraṇyanābha.
- Hiraṇyanābha became a disciple of Jaimini and a great ācārya of mystic yoga.
- The great saint Yājñavalkya learned ādhyātma-yoga from Hiraṇyanābha. This highly elevated system can loosen the knots of material attachment in the heart.
Try this today
Write down one material attachment you notice, and reread the verse’s description of ādhyātma-yoga.
Ask yourself
What material attachment in your heart would you like to see loosened?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.