Canto- 4

Sri Bhattadri elucidates on the yogic aspects of attaining the supreme.  He details the stages through which a devotee would pass through in attaining complete liberation or Moksham.

In reading the slokams of Canto 4, it becomes apparent that there are two aspects to the attainment. One is the physical, yogic aspect and the other is the mental aspect of concentration and focus of the mind.  The two go together. One cannot be separated from the other.  Both the aspects work in complement to the other. If one aspect is not functioning properly, the other aspect will not work and may be disfunctional. The level of concentration required to make the attainment happen is immense. Sri Bhattadri continues His request of grant of Physical well being so the he may focus his entire mental energy on the supreme.

The interplay of the physical and mental aspects to ultimately attain moksham requires control to be exercised.  This control should make it possible to channel the entire physical and mental energy, in unision, complementing each other to enable the mind and body to be under conscious control.  All the energy driving the senses should also be reigned in from the distractions and focused on the Paramathma to attain His Feet.