हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

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of the Lord, a love that is the be all and end all of a person's
existence and during which he is, as it were, absorbed in the object
of his devotion. Madhusūdana Sarasvatī has also described it as
a state of the mind, when previous to its being utterly annihilated
and absorbed, it becomes of the nature of the Lord. Thus bhakti,
in its most transcendental aspect, is included in Samprajñāta
Samādhi.
So the three ways laid down by Kṛṣṇa in the Bhāgavata have
been shown to be included in the stages of Yoga. Thus Yoga
practised in its entirety and in the order laid down is enough for
the attainment of liberation. In this sense alone are to be under-
stood the words in the Purāṇa-s saying that Brahman is to be
attained by Yoga.