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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
TEXT 34
एवमभ्यसतश्चित्तं कालेनाल्पीयसा यतेः । अनिशं तस्य निर्वाणं यात्यनिन्धनवद्धिवत् ॥ ३४ ॥
evam abhyasyataś cittam kālenālpīyasā yateḥ aniśam tasya nirvāṇam yāty anindhana-vahnivat
evam —in this way;  abhyasyataḥ —of the person practicing this  yoga  system;  cittam —the heart;  kālena —in due course of time;  alpīyasā —very shortly;  yateḥ —of the person practicing  yoga ;  aniśam —without cessation;  tasya —of him;  nirvāṇam —purification from all material contamination;  yāti —reaches;  anindhana —without flame or smoke;  vahnivat —like a fire.
TRANSLATION
When the  yogi  regularly practices in this way, in a short time his heart becomes fixed and free from disturbance, like a fire without flames or smoke.
PURPORT
Nirvāṇa  means the cessation of all material desires. Sometimes desirelessness is understood to imply an end to the workings of the mind, but this is not possible. The living entity has senses, and if the senses stopped working, the living entity would no longer be a living entity; he would be exactly like stone or wood. This is not possible. Because he is living, he is  nitya  and  cetana —eternally sentient. For those who are not very advanced, the practice of  yoga  is recommended in order to stop the mind from being agitated by material desires, but if one fixes his mind on the lotus feet of  Kṛṣṇa , his mind naturally becomes peaceful very soon. This peace is described in  Bhagavad-gītā  (5.29):
bhoktāram yajña-tapasām sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdam sarva-bhūtānām jñātvā mām śāntim ṛcchati