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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 25]
and the mind is the center of the senses. The mind is actually the leader of the senses; therefore it is called  sattva . Similarly, the leader of all the demigods who are engaged in the activities of this material world—the sun, moon, Indra, etc.—is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
It is stated in the Vedic literature that the demigods are different limbs of the universal body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Our senses are also controlled by different demigods; our senses are representations of various demigods, and the mind is the representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The senses, led by the mind, act under the influence of the demigods. When the service is ultimately aimed at the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the senses are in their natural position. The Lord is called  Hṛṣīkeśa , for He is actually the proprietor and ultimate master of the senses. The senses and the mind are naturally inclined to work, but when they are materially contaminated they work for some material benefit or for the service of the demigods, although actually they are meant to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The senses are called  hṛṣīka , and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called  Hṛṣīkeśa . Indirectly, all the senses are naturally inclined to serve the Supreme Lord. That is called  bhakti .
Kapiladeva said that when the senses, without desire for material profit or other selfish motives, are engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is called devotional service. That spirit of service is far better than  siddhi , salvation.  Bhakti , the inclination to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is in a transcendental position far better than  mukti  or liberation. Thus  bhakti  is the stage after liberation. Unless one is liberated one cannot engage the senses in the service of the Lord. When the senses are engaged either in material activities of sense gratification or in the activities of the Vedic injunctions, there is some motive, but when the same senses are engaged in the service of the Lord and there is no motive, that is called  animitta  and is the natural inclination of the mind. The conclusion is that when the mind, without being deviated either to Vedic injunctions or material activities, is fully engaged in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness or devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is far better than the most aspired for liberation from material entanglement.
TEXT 33
जरयत्याशु या कोशं निगीर्णमनलो यथा ॥३३॥
jarayaty āśu yā kośam nigīrṇam analo yathā