Important word used in this verse is Samadhi, ‘Samadhi, Sthal, Keshava’ One who is situated on the platform of Samadhi or transcendent spiritual platform, how does he behave? How does he talk? How does he walk? What are the symptoms?

            So, this Samadhi is the ultimate objective of yoga. Finally, one has to reach the stage of Samadhi. Samadhi means complete absorption in the thoughts of Krishna. So many Yoga practices. Now people are getting patents for it and they are inventing various ways of doing Yoga, but somehow, they have forgotten the ultimate objective that one has to attain by doing Yoga. It is not simply reducing belly fat, achieving physical fitness or obtaining some temporary peace of mind; the ultimate objective of Yoga is to reach the stage of Samadhi when a person is completely absorbed in the mind and on the spiritual platform. The spiritual platform is when the mind is absorbed in the form of Lord Krishna. Therefore, the recommendation to meditate on voidness, candlelight, sunlight, impersonal effulgence or anything else is not advised. It is not recommended according to the standard instructions given in the Patanjali Yoga Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita or any standard book of Yoga.

            That is why it is said that meditation and contemplation must be focused on Vishnu. Similarly, it is stated in the Mahabharata that, the form of the Lord is described very beautifully. The most peaceful Lord, who is lying on the bed of snakes, has a lotus navel. He is the master of all demigods, the husband of Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune and his eyes are very beautiful like the petals of lotus flowers, his colour is like that of a dark cloud. So, in this way, the description is given of the personal features of the Lord. And then it is said that, the Yogis ripped in their hearts. So, meditation means meditation on this form of the personality of Godhead within one’s heart. This is the authorized instruction as per Mahabharata. Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Bhagwat Gita or any other standard book of Yoga practice.

            So, we should be very careful. We should not fall for such modern inventions. Rather, the Yoga process is coming from God. It should be taken from the authorized sources. So only when the mind is completely fixed without any deviation on the form of the personality of God does, a person reach the stage of Samadhi. So, this system is also explained by Lord Krishna in the 6th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. But. Arjuna rejects it. We will see that it is a very nice conversation. And when Arjuna rejects it because he says, ‘I’m a householder, how can I go to the Himalayas or some jungle and sit there alone?’ I have to leave all my family members, my kingdom and all other opulence’s and I cannot take so much hardship. I cannot control my mind in that way.

            So, Krishna tells him, ‘Do not worry, you’re already the best Yogi because. Whoever is always thinking of me and rendering me service is the best Yogi. So, this is the yoga process that is being prescribed by Krishna to Arjuna. And that is the Yoga process that is meant for the people in this age of Kaliyuga. So Krishna will also prescribe other yoga processes as we will see so that Arjuna can reject them and so that we can understand when Arjuna who was trained in Gurukul and whose mind and senses were perfectly controlled, a very sharp moralist, could not follow. So, what is the hope for people like us who are always disturbed and short-lived?

            That is why it is told in the scriptures that the process was this: Ashtanga Yoga, Dhyan yoga process, and impersonal meditation on void light XYZ are not recommended anywhere. And in Treta Yuga the same spiritual success was possible by doing ‘Yagyas’ (fire sacrifices). In ‘Dwapar Yoga,’ that success was possible by elaborate temple worship and, deity worship. But in Kaliyuga we do not have any qualifications to follow either of these processes. So in ‘Kaliyuga,’ in this Millennium we need not worry; the same result can be attained by ‘Hari Keerthanas’ (chanting the names of ‘Hari’).

            So, this is the first symptom of a person who is in Samadhi: he will always be talking only of Krishna or of matters related to Krishna. That success can be attained by Hari Kirtan (chanting the names of God).

            It is also mentioned in the 9th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. As we will see in verse number 14^th , the mind is always absorbed in thoughts of Krishna. So, a real Yogi, cannot do anything but talk of Krishna. Thus, it is told to chant or speak about Krishna. So, this is the first symptom of one who is in samadhi, he cannot do anything but talk of Krishna or matters relating to Krishna and, Krishna service. And then other symptoms of transcendence follow automatically; what are those symptoms? Will discuss in next chapter.