1060 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25
TRANSLATION

Therefore persons whose minds are fixed on the Lord engage in the
intensive practice of devotional service. That is the only means for
attainment of the final perfection of life.

PURPORT

Here the words mano mayy arpitam, which mean “the mind being fixed
on Me,” are significant. One should fix his mind on the lotus feet of Krsna
or any incarnation. To be fixed steadily in that freedom is the way of
liberation. Ambarisa Maharaja is an example. He fixed his mind on the
lotus feet of the Lord, he spoke only on the pastimes of the Lord, he
smelled only the flowers and tulasi offered to the Lord, he walked only to
the temple of the Lord, he engaged his hands in cleansing the temple, he
engaged his tongue in tasting the foodstuff offered to the Lord, and he
engaged his ears for hearing the great pastimes of the Lord. In that way all
his senses were engaged. First of all, the mind should be engaged at the
lotus feet of the Lord, very steadily and naturally. Because the mind is the
master of the senses, when the mind is engaged, all the senses become
engaged. That is bhakti-yoga. Yoga means controlling the senses. ‘The
senses cannot be controlled in the proper sense of the term; they are
always agitated. This is true also with a child—how long can he be forced
to sit down silently? It is not possible. Even Arjuna said, caficalam hi
manah krsna: “The mind is always agitated.” The best course is to fix the
mind on the lotus feet of the Lord. Mano mayy arpitam sthiram. If one
seriously engages in Krsna consciousness, that is the highest perfectional
stage. All Krsna conscious activities are on the highest perfectional level of
human life.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-fifth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Glories of Devotional
Service.”
