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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 25]
TEXT 26
भक्त्या पुमाञ्जातविराग ऐन्द्रियाद् 
  दृष्टश्रुतान्मद्रचनानुचिन्तया । 
  चित्तस्य यत्तो ग्रहणे योगयुक्तो 
  यतिष्यते ऋजुभिर्योगमार्गैः ॥२६॥
bhaktyā pumāñ jāta-virāga aindriyād 
  dṛṣṭa-śrutān mad-racanānucintayā 
  cittasya yatto grahaṇe yoga-yukto 
  yatiṣyate rjubhir yoga-mārgaiḥ
bhaktyā —by devotional service;  pumān —a person;  jāta-virāgaḥ —having developed distaste;  aindriyāt —for sense gratification;  dṛṣṭa —seen (in this world);  śrutāt —heard (in the next world);  mat-racana —My activities of creation and so on;  anucintayā —by constantly thinking about;  cittasya —of the mind;  yattaḥ —engaged;  grahaṇe —in the control;  yoga-yuktaḥ —situated in devotional service;  yatiṣyate —will endeavor;  rjubhiḥ —easy;  yoga-mārgaiḥ —by the processes of mystic power.
TRANSLATION
Thus consciously engaged in devotional service in the association of devotees, a person gains distaste for sense gratification, both in this world and in the next, by constantly thinking about the activities of the Lord. This process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the easiest process of mystic power; when one is actually situated on that path of devotional service, he is able to control the mind.
PURPORT
In all scriptures people are encouraged to act in a pious way so that they can enjoy sense gratification not only in this life but also in the next. For example, one is promised promotion to the heavenly kingdom of higher planets by pious fruitive activities. But a devotee in the association of devotees prefers to contemplate the activities of the Lord—how He has created this universe, how He is maintaining it, how the creation dissolves, and how in the spiritual kingdom the Lord’s pastimes are going on. There are full literatures describing these activities of the Lord, especially  Bhagavad-gītā ,  Brahma-saṁhitā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The sincere devo-