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unlimited Brahman appears to be hellish. One should try, therefore, to
transcend even the Brahman pleasure in order to approach the position of
dealing with Krsna face to face. As the mind is the center of all the activi-
ties of the senses, so Krsna is called the master of the senses, Hrsikega. The
process is to fix the mind on Hrsikega or Krsna, as Maharaja Ambarisa did
(sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh). Bhakti is the basic principle of all
processes. Without bhakti, neither jiana-yoga nor astanga-yoga can be
successful, and unless one approaches Krsna, the principles of self-
realization have no ultimate destination.

TEXTS 34-36

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kriyaya kratubhir danais
tapah-svadh yaya-marsanaih

atmendriya-jayenapi
sannyasena ca karmanam

yogena vividhangena
bhakti-yogena caiva hi

dharmenobhaya-cihnena
yah pravrtti-nivrttiman

atma-tattvavabodhena
vairagyena drdhena ca

iyate bhagavan ebhih
saguno nirgunah sva-drk

kriyaya—by fruitive activities; kratubhih—by sacrificial performances;
danaih—by charity; tapah—austerities; svadhyadya—study of Vedic literature;
marsanaih—and by philosophical research; atma-indriya-jayena—by control-
