SB 1.6.35

यमादिभिर्योगपथैः कामलोभहतो मुहुः ।
मुकुन्दसेवया यद्वत्तथात्माद्धा न शाम्यति ॥३५॥

yamādibhir yoga-pathaiḥ
kāma-lobha-hato muhuḥ
mukunda-sevayā yadvat
tathātmāddhā na śāmyati

yamaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyama

controlling processes; controlling the senses and the mind; of Yama, the god of punishment; the regulating principle; the superintendent of death, Yamarāja; Yamarāja.-ādibhiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigādibhiḥ

and by other soldiers; and by other symptoms; and by others; and by others as well; and others; and others also; and so on; and the others; and with other colors; and with other paraphernalia for bathing; beginning with; by all these and other transcendental opulences; by all these qualities; by other opulences also; by them; by them and others also; combined together; with all of these.—by the process of practicing self-restraint; yogaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyoga

yoga practice; and mystic power; and of mystic yoga; and of the means; by bhakti-yoga, devotional service; by yoga; by yoga practice; by a conjunction; by devotional service; by mystic power; by mystic practice; by mysticism; by power of mystic yoga; by practice of yoga; by practice of devotion; by the process of linking with the Supreme by bhakti-yoga; concentration of the mind; connection; devotion; devotional service in karma-yoga; eightfold yoga; in the mystic yoga process; in the mystic yoga process; linking process; means; mystic haṭha-yoga; mystic yoga practices; mystic; mystic power; mystic powers; mystic yoga practice; mystic yogic meditation; of linking up; of mystic yoga; of mysticism; of the yoga system; of yogic perfections; practice of the mystic yoga system; the mystic yoga system; the practice of mystic yoga; the process of controlling the senses; the science of self-realization or bhakti-yoga; the yoga.-pathaiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpathaiḥ

by the paths of worship.—by the system of yoga (mystic bodily power to attain the godly stage); kāmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkama

a desire; all desires; amorous love; as Cupid; business; by lusty desires; Cupid; desire; desire for sense gratification; desires; desires for sense satisfaction; desiring; due to lusty desire; execution of the duty; from lust; fulfillment of desires; full of lust; lust; lust and desire; material desire; material desires; necessities; of lusty desires; of lusty desires or Cupid; of sense enjoyment; of sexual desire; passion; satisfaction of the senses; sense gratification; sexual pleasure; the desire; to sensual pleasures.—desires for sense satisfaction; lobhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biglobha

aspiration; attachment; attraction; avarice; by greed; desire; eager desire; greed; hankering; lust for satisfaction of the senses; of covetousness to follow in the footsteps; of greed.—lust for satisfaction of the senses; hataḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bighatah

being killed; being spoiled; curbed; destroyed; has been killed; killed; slain; struck; was killed; wounded by.—curbed; muhuḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmuhuḥ

again and again; always; at every moment; constantly; continually; continuously; more than often; repeatedly.—always; mukundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmukunda

and Mukunda; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Mukunda; Mukunda Datta; Mukunda dāsa; O Lord Mukunda; O Mukunda; of Mukunda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; of the name Mukunda; of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can deliver one from the material clutches; of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the Personality of Godhead; the Personality of Godhead, who awards liberation; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can offer liberation.—the Personality of Godhead; sevayāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsevaya

by hearing; by service; by serving; by such service; by the rendering of service; by the service; by the service of; simply by devotional service.—by the service of; yadvatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyadvat

as; as it is; exactly like.—as it is; tathāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtatha

so.—like that; ātmāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigatma

and of the soul; and of the Supersoul (Paramātmā); and the mind; body; by a manifestation of Yourself; by the body and mind; by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; by themselves; by Yourself; heart; Himself; his; in Himself; in the body; in the living entities; into the self; living being; mind; of all living entities; of Himself; of one's self; of spiritual knowledge; of the mind; of the mind and senses; of the soul; of the Supreme; one's own; own; personal; self; self-realized; soul; spirit; Supersoul; the body and mind; the devotees are the Lord's heart and soul; the mind; the mind and body; the self; the spirit; the Supersoul; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Self; the tree of work; to the body; upon the Supersoul; within; Yourself; ātmā.—the soul; addhāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigaddhā

certainly; directly (not indirectly through karma, jñāna or yoga); directly; directly or completely; for all practical purposes; immediately; perfectly.—for all practical purposes; naplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigna

never; not; are not; but not; cannot; certainly not; could not; did not; do not; does it not; does not; is not; it is not; it is not so; may not; neither; never; never does; never to be; no; no one; none; nor; not; not like that; not preceded by oṁ; not suitable; nothing; or not; shall not; should never; there is none; there is not; there should not be; was not; whether; without.—does not; śāmyatiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsamyati

goes away; verily accepts.—be satisfied. ¶

It is true that by practicing restraint of the senses by the yoga system one can get relief from the disturbances of desire and lust, but this is not sufficient to give satisfaction to the soul, for this [satisfaction] is derived from devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. ¶

Yoga aims at controlling the senses. By practice of the mystic process of bodily exercise in sitting, thinking, feeling, willing, concentrating, meditating and at last being merged into transcendence, one can control the senses. The senses are considered like venomous serpents, and the yoga system is just to control them. On the other hand, Nārada Muni recommends another method for controlling the senses in the transcendental loving service of Mukunda, the Personality of Godhead. By his experience he says that devotional service to the Lord is more effective and practical than the system of artificially controlling the senses. In the service of the Lord Mukunda, the senses are transcendentally engaged. Thus there is no chance of their being engaged in sense satisfaction. The senses want some engagement. To check them artificially is no check at all because as soon as there is some opportunity for enjoyment, the serpentlike senses will certainly take advantage of it. There are many such instances in history, just like Viśvāmitra Muni’s falling a victim to the beauty of Menakā. But Ṭhākura Haridāsa was allured at midnight by the well-dressed Māyā, and still she could not induce that great devotee into her trap. ¶

The whole idea is that without devotional service of the Lord, neither the yoga system nor dry philosophical speculation can ever become successful. Pure devotional service of the Lord, without being tinged with fruitive work, mystic yoga or speculative philosophy, is the foremost procedure to attain self-realization. Such pure devotional service is transcendental in nature, and the systems of yoga and jñāna are subordinate to such a process. When the transcendental devotional service is mixed with a subordinate process, it is no longer transcendental but is called mixed devotional service. Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the author of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, will gradually develop all these different systems of transcendental realization in the text. ¶