Wikipedia says that Lord Krishna is Yogeshwara,the Lord Of Yogis/The Supreme Yogi.
Can someone please clarify,with scripture reference?
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The word Yogeswara is used for Krishna in the Gita.
The word Yogeswara has multiple meanings and any person who is a master of yoga can also be called Yogeswara. But to understand in what sense Krishna is called Yogeswara, the commentary of Adi Shankara can be useful.
Bhagavad Gita and bhAshya 11.4
Krishna is called as Yogeswara in the moola sloka and Shankara explains its meaning.
So here, the meaning of Yogeswara, as applied to Krishna, is Lord or Master of all yogis.
Bhagavad Gita and bhAshya 11.9
Krishna is called as mahAyogeswara in the moola sloka.
Here, Yogeswara is not explained in detail by Shankara but Swami Gambhirananda translates it as Master of yoga. Shankara's explanation of mahAyogeswara splits it as mahAn and yogeswara.
Bhagavad Gita and bhAshya 12.2
The moola sloka does not use the word yogeswara, but Shankara uses it. We will see why he does this.
yuktatamAH refers to perfect yogis. So Shankara also explains how Bhagavan Krishna is related to the perfect yogis and in this context Shankara uses the word Yogeshwara.
Here, Shankara calls Krishna as the adhIshwara (Supreme Lord) of all Yogeswaras (सर्वयोगेश्वराणाम् अधीश्वरं).
Bhagavad Gita 18.75
Krishna is called Yogeswara in the moola sloka, Shankara does not explain the term, so the bhAshya will be skipped here.
Bhagavad Gita and bhAshya 18.78
This is the famous last sloka of the Gita and Krishna is called Yogeswara and Shankara gives another meaning for the term.
Thus, here Shankara says that Krishna, as Yogeswara, is the Lord of all yogas and also the Source of all the yogas.
Summary
Shankara explains that Krishna is -