Counted among the means to the supreme good
At SB 3.9.41 the Lord says: 'pUrtena tapasA yaj~naiH dAnaiH yoga-samAdhinA / rAddhaM niHshreyasaM puMsAM mat-prItis tattva-vin-matam' — by works built, by austerity, by sacrifices, by gifts and by the absorption of yoga, the supreme good of men is attained. At SB 3.9.11 the Lord is described as seated in the heart-lotus ripened by the yoga of feeling, and at SB 3.9.20-21 the sleep of yoga is named.