SB 1.6.36
मुकुन्दसेवया यद्वत्तथात्माद्धा न शाम्यति ॥ ३६ ॥
mukunda-sevayā yadvat tathātmāddhā na śāmyati
Synonyms
ātmā — the mind [(manaḥ);171 or the psyche as a whole (antaḥ-karaṇam)172]; muhuḥ — [which is] continuously; hataḥ — overwhelmed [or defiled (malinī-kṛtaḥ)]; kāma — [by] desire; lobha — [and] greed; na śāmyati — is not established in tranquility [the state of freedom from the affliction of desire, anger, and other such defilements (kāma-krodhādi-santāpa-rahito bhavati)]; tathā — as; addhā — directly [sākṣāt173]; yoga-pathaiḥ — by the methods of yoga; yama-ādibhiḥ — beginning with the practice of moral restraint; yadvat — as it is [yathā]; sevayā — by the sacred service; mukunda — [of] Bhagavān Mukunda, “the very embodiment of liberation” [or He who awards liberation to the living beings immersed in worldly existence (saṁsāra-magnānāṁ mokṣa-dātṛ)174]; [the implication being that since yoga is defined in the second sūtra of the Yoga-sūtras as “the cessation of (the misidentification with) the modifications of the mind” (citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ), the yoga practices can bring about a state of mental tranquility but only through strenuous effort and only by making bhakti the passageway (parantu aty-āyāsena bhakti-dvāraiva), whereas bhakti does so directly (sākṣāt) and easily (anāyāsena), which is here signified by the word addhā].
Translation
The mind, which is continuously overwhelmed by desire and greed, is not as directly established in tranquility by the methods of yoga, beginning with the practice of moral restraint (yama), as it is by the sacred service of Bhagavān Mukunda, “the very embodiment of liberation.”