1032 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25
TEXT 26
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bhaktya pumdfi jata-viraga aindriyad
drsta-srutan mad-racandanucintaya
cittasya yatto grahane yoga-yukto
yatisyate rjubhir yoga-margaih
bhaktyé—by devotional service; puman—a person; jata-viragah—having
developed distaste; aindriyat—for sense gratification; drsfa—seen (in this
world); srutat—heard (in the next world); mat-racana— My activities of
creation and so on; anucintaya—by constantly thinking about; cittasya—
of the mind; yattah—engaged; grahane—in the control; yoga-yuktah—
situated in devotional service; yatisyate—will endeavor; rjubhih—easy;
yoga-margaih—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 Krsna 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-gita, Brahma-samhita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. The sincere devo-
