Nāme Mātra Mahādhīra Sakale Aśānta
nāme-mātra mahādhīra, sakale aśānta
bhukti-mukti-sidhikāmīra indriya adānta
nāme-mātra-in name only; mahādhīra-famed for being peaceful and wise; sakale-all; aśānta-unpeaceful, unsatisfied; bhukti-mukti-sidhikāmīra-of those who desire enjoyment, liberation from material suffering or material mystic powers; indriya-the senses; adānta-uncontrolled.
Those persons who are desirous to material elevation, liberation from birth and death, or the mystic powers of the yogic system are in name only greatly advanced or wise. Actually, because their senses, including the mind, are not under control, they are unpeaceful and dissatisfied.
adānta indriya nahe yogabale vasa
kata muni yogī saba hayeche vivaśa
adānta indriya-uncontrolled senses; nahe-not; yoga-bale-by the process of astanga yoga; vaśa-controlled; kata-many; muni-munis; yogī-yogis; saba-all; hayeche-became; vivaśa-helpless.
The uncontrolled senses cannot be controlled simply by the force of the mystic yoga process. How many great sages and yogis have fallen helpless to the agitation of their senses?
hṛṣīkesa-sevā vinā hṛṣīka-damana
karamera phera saba bhuñjāya śamana
hṛṣīkesa-Lord of the senses; sevā-service; vīna-except for; hṛṣīka-senses; damana-control; karamera-of one activities; phera-course or turn; saba-all; bhuñjāya-enjoy; śamana-death.
Trying to control the senses without engaging them in the service of the Supreme Lord Hrisikesa, the master of the senses, simply leads one upon the path of material fruitive activities, and thus those bewildered souls simply achieve repeated birth and death for all their efforts.
yogete indriya-saṁyama kabhu nāhi haya
āgama-purāṇe tāhā bhuri bhuri kaya
yogete-by yoga; indriya saṁyama-control of senses; kabhu nāhi haya-there is never; āgama-purāṇe-in Vedas and Puranas; tāhā-that; bhuri bhuri-many times; kaya-say.
Simply by the practice of the yogic system of meditation, without taking shelter of devotional service, one shall never be able to bring the material senses under complete control. Histories in the Vedic literature, including the Puranas, are filled with proofs of this fact.
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