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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
same experience also if we begin to follow in the footsteps of the great sage, the dearmost devotee of the Lord.
TEXT 35
यमादिभिर्योगपथैः कामलोभहतो मुहुः । मुकुन्दसेवया यद्वत्तथाऽऽत्माद्वा न शाम्यति ॥३५॥
yamādibhir yoga-pathaiḥ kāma-lobha-hato muhuḥ mukunda-sevayā yadvat tathātmāddhā na śāmyati
yama-ādibhiḥ —by the process of practicing self-restraint;  yoga-pathaiḥ —by  yoga  (mystic bodily power to attain the godly stage) system;  kāma —desires for sense satisfaction;  lobha —lust for satisfaction of the senses;  hataḥ —curbed;  muhuḥ —always;  mukunda —the Personality of Godhead;  sevayā —by the service of;  yadvat —as it is;  tathā —like that;  ātmā —the soul;  addhā —for all practical purposes;  na —does not;  śāmyati —be satisfied.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
Yoga  aims at controlling the senses. By practice of the mystic process of bodily exercize 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 of 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 engage-