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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.14
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
- tam imaṁ te pravakṣyāmi
- yam avocaṁ purānaghe
- ṛṣīṇāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ
- yogaṁ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam
tamthat very imamthat very — that very; teto you — to you; pravakṣyāmiI shall explain — I shall explain; yamwhich — which; avocamI explained — I explained; purāformerly — formerly; anagheO pious mother — O pious mother; ṛṣīṇāmto the sages — to the sages; śrotueager to hear-kāmānāmeager to hear — eager to hear; yogamyoga system — yoga system; sarvain all respects-aṅgain all respects — in all respects; naipuṇamserviceable and practical — serviceable and practical.
O most pious mother, I shall now explain unto you the ancient yoga system, which I explained formerly to the great sages. It is serviceable and practical in every way.
Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti, Text 14
The Lord does not manufacture a new system of yoga. Sometimes it is claimed that someone has become an incarnation of God and is expounding a new theological aspect of the Absolute Truth. But here we find that although Kapila Muni is the Lord Himself and is capable of manufacturing a new doctrine for His mother, He nevertheless says, "I shall just explain the ancient system which I once explained to the great sages because they were also anxious to hear about it." When we have a superexcellent process already present in Vedic scriptures, there is no need to concoct a new system, to mislead the innocent public. At present it has become a fashion to reject the standard system and present something bogus in the name of a newly invented process of yoga.