Shloka 60
Kṛṣṇa Leads Kālayavana to Mucukunda; The Yavana Is Burned; Mucukunda’s Prayers and Boon of Bhakti
युञ्जानानामभक्तानां प्राणायामादिभिर्मन: । अक्षीणवासनं राजन् दृश्यते पुनरुत्थितम् ॥ ६० ॥
yuñjānānām abhaktānāṁ prāṇāyāmādibhir manaḥ akṣīṇa-vāsanaṁ rājan dṛśyate punar utthitam
王よ、プラーナーヤーマなどに励む非 भक्त の心は、欲望の潜在印象が尽きてはいない。ゆえに物質的欲求が再び心に立ち上がるのが見られる。
FAQs
This verse says that for non-devotees, even disciplined practices like prāṇāyāma may not permanently settle the mind, because latent material desires (vāsanās) remain and reassert themselves.
Śukadeva instructs Parīkṣit that mere mechanical yogic control is incomplete without devotion; without bhakti, deep impressions of desire persist and the mind can rebound.
Use techniques like breathwork as support, but pair them with devotional focus—hearing, chanting, and remembering the Lord—so the root cravings are purified rather than only suppressed.