Yoga

नैमिषोपाख्यानं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Naimisharanya episode Chapter 3



ब्रह्मोवाच |
Lord Brahma said (to the sages)



ज्ञानध्यानाभियुक्तस्य पुंसो योगः प्रवर्तते || 39 ||
योगेन तु परा भक्तिः प्रसादस्तदनन्तरम् |
प्रसादान्मुच्यते जन्तुर्मुक्तः शिवसमो भवेत् || 40 ||
Yoga prevails in a man who has knowledge and (practises) meditation.
By yoga only, higher devotion (comes), Prasada (a state of mind with purity and satisfaction) soon after, by Prasada a living being (is) liberated (and) becomes similar to Lord Shiva.