Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33


Sanskrit:

अन्तरायान् वदन्त्येता युञ्जतो योगमुत्तमम् ।मया सम्पद्यमानस्य कालक्षपणहेतव: ॥ ३३ ॥

ITRANS:

antarāyān vadanty etāyuñjato yogam uttamammayā sampadyamānasyakāla-kṣapaṇa-hetavaḥ

Translation:

Learned experts in devotional service state that the mystic perfections of yoga that I have mentioned are actually impediments and are a waste of time for one who is practicing the supreme yoga, by which one achieves all perfection in life directly from Me.

Purport:

It is common sense that whatever is a useless waste of time should be given up; therefore one should not pray to God for mystic yoga perfections. For a pure devotee, who has no material desire, even impersonal liberation is a useless disturbance in his life, and what to speak of the material perfections of yoga, which cannot even be compared to impersonal liberation. Such mystic perfections may be wonderful for an immature and inexperienced person, but they are not impressive for a learned man who has understood the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply by obtaining Lord Kṛṣṇa one dwells within an infinite ocean of mystic opulences; therefore he should not waste precious time pursuing separate mystic perfections.