No Means apart from Bhakti for Purifying the Consciousness

According to the Bhagavata, for the purpose of purifying the consciousness, there is no means apart from devotion (bhakti):

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অল্প হাস্য কৰিয়া বোলন্ত ভগৱান .

শুনা প্ৰত্যুত্তৰ মাৱ হুয়া সাৱধান ..

যি যোগ কহিছো পূৰ্ব্বে ঋষি সমস্তত .

তাক আজি তযু আগে কৰিবো বেকত .. ১২৮৫ ..

সি যোগ অধীন চিত্ত সংযমৰ জ্ঞান .

চিত্তেসে জীৱৰ বন্ধ মোক্ষৰ নিদান ..

বিষয় আসক্ত ভৈলে আতি বদ্ধ হই .

মন শুদ্ধ হেতু ভক্তি বিনে আন নাই .. ১২৮৬ ..

ভক্তিসে কল্যাণ পথ কহিলো বুজাই .

ঈশ্বৰত চিত্ত দিলে মুকুত হোৱয় ..

মন শুদ্ধি আদি কৰি যতেক আছয় .

স‍ত্‍সঙ্গ সৱাৰে মূল জানিবা নিশ্চয় .. ১২৮৭ ..

জীৱৰ দুৰ্ভেদ্য পাশ সঙ্গক কহয় .

কিন্তু দুৰ্জ্জনৰ সঙ্গ এৰিবে লাগয় ..

সেই সঙ্গ নিতে যদি কৰয় সাধুত .

মোক্ষৰ দুৱাৰ তেৱে হোৱয় মুকুত .. ১২৮৮

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আৰো মোৰ অখণ্ডিত বীৰ্য্য প্ৰকাশক .

কৰ্ণৰ মনৰ সদা আনন্দকাৰক .. ১২৯১ ..

হেন কথা উপজয় সাধুৰ সঙ্গত .

তাক যাৰা সাৱধানে শুনয় সতত ..

অল্পকালে ঈশ্বৰত তাৰাৰ নিশ্চয় .

শ্ৰদ্ধা ৰতি ভক্তি অনুক্ৰমে উপজয় .. ১২৯২ ..

ভক্তি ভৈলে পুৰুষৰ বৈৰাগ্য জন্ময় .

তেৱে এহি দেহে জীৱে মুকুতি পাৱয় ..

The Lord (in the form of Kapila) laughed a wee bit and said:
‘O my mother! Listen carefully to this answer of mine.
The path (yoga) which, formerly, I told to the sages,
that one I will reveal before you today. 1285

Subordinate to that path is the knowledge of (methods of) mind-control (citta saṃyama).
It is the only the mind-organ (citta) that is the primary-cause of the spiritual personality’s bondage and liberation.
When one becomes excessively attached (through the mind-organ) to the pleasure of the sense-objects (viṣaẏa), one then becomes extremely trapped.
For the purpose of purifying the consciousness, there is no means apart from pure devotion (bhakti). 1286

Bhakti alone is the (best) path of welfare, this I have told you, explaining.
When one directs one’s consciousness (citta) to the lord [withdrawing oneself from the mind-organ], one obtains liberation.
All those (means of directing one’s consciousness to the lord) beginning with mind-purification that exist,
know it for certain that associating with pure devotees (sa-t-saṅga) is the root of them all. 1287

Although union with others is said to be a snare for the soul, most difficult to break—
and (surely) one must part ways with the vile—yet if one cultivates that association (saṅga) regularly with the pure devotees (sādhu),
the door to salvation becomes free then. 1288
[…]
Further, all those tales which reveal my impartite valor and
which always provide joy (ānanda) to the ears and the mind, 1291

to such tales (kathā) arising in the pure devotees’ midst,
the ones that always listen in rapt attention,
their faith (śraddhā), fondness (rati) and devotion (bhakti), know it for certain,
in the Lord, in little time, arise in a chain. 1292

When devotion comes, disinclination (vairāgya) (for sense-objects) is born in the person.
And when this happens, the jīva obtains liberation in this body itself.'

Self-Counsel (ātma-upadeśa): A Translation of a Passage from the Nama Ghosa

ātma-upadeśa

he jihbā sadā tora, madhurese mātra priẏa

jāna tañi rasara sāraka .

āna teji nirantare, kariẏoka mātra pāna

nārāẏaṇa nāma amṛtaka .. 89

he jihbā tañi sadā, āhmāta nirddaẏa bhaili

kene nobolasa rāma bāṇī .

saṃsāra sāgare iṭo, harise sudṛḍha nāwa

jāni hari buliẏo kalyāṇī .. 90

he karṇa sadā tora, śabada mātrase priẏa

tañi śabda madhura jānasa .

koṭi amṛtatodhika, parama madhura śabda

śuna sadā kṛṣṇa nāma yaśa .. 91

he mana tora kāma, saṅkalpa bikalpa dharmma

teji michā kāmanā [byāpāra] sakala .

sadāẏe saṅkalpa mātra, kariẏo suhṛda mana

kṛṣṇanāma parama maṅgala .. 92

śunio hṛdaẏa hera, brahmāṇḍa bhitare yata

bastu āche toka nojoḍaẏa .

tāka teji kṛṣṇanāma, akṣaẏa amṛta piẏā

santoṣaka labhiẏo hṛdaẏa .. 93

śuniẏoka buddhi tora, kewale niścaẏa dharmma

teji sawe bināśī biṣaẏa .

sadā śuddha sumaṅgala, akṣaẏa kṛṣṇara nāma

tāke mātra kariẏo niścaẏa .. 94

śuna hera ahaṅkāra, nicinta āpuna māra

michā ahammamaka tejiẏo .

parama īśbara kṛṣṇa, huẏoka tāhāna dāsa

sādhusaṅge kṛṣṇaka bhajiẏo .. 95

śuniẏoka citta hera, parama rahasya bāṇī

tumi śuddha jñānara ālaẏa .

kṛṣṇa nitya śuddha buddha, parama īśbara dewa

nachāḍibā tāhāna āśraẏa .. 96

kṛṣṇa nija iṣṭadewa, ātmā priẏatama guru

suhṛda sodara bandhujana .

kṛṣṇe mora mati gati, kṛṣṇata bhakati rati

kṛṣṇapāwe nimajoka mana .. 97

Self-Counsel (ātma-upadeśa)

O tongue! Only the sweet is dear to you always;
you are the connoisseur of taste (rasa).
Forsaking other things, please do only the drinking
of the nectar of the ‘Narayana’ name. 89

O tongue! Always you have become cruel to me;
for what reason do you not utter the word ‘Rama?’
In this samsara-ocean, only ‘Hari’ is the well-secured boat.
Knowing, utter ‘Hari,’ beneficial lady! 90

O ear! Always, only sound is dear to you;

you are the discerner of sweet sound.

A billion times sweeter then nectar, the supremely sweet sound;

listen always to Krsna’s name and glory. 91

O mind! Yours is the duty of thinking and considering alternatives.

Forsaking all other false affairs,

you always think only on, beloved mind,
the supremely beneficial name, ‘Krsna.’ 92

Hey heart, listen! All things that are within the perimeter of this universe;
all these are not enough for you.

Forsaking those, drinking the inexhaustible nectar of Krsna’s names,

you obtain satisfaction, heart! 93

Please listen, intellect! Yours is solely the duty of resolving.

Forsaking all destructible sense-objects;

the pure, very auspicious, indestructible name of ‘Krsna’—
on that, only, you resolve always. 94

Hey ego, listen! Do not plot your own downfall;

you forsake all your false egotism.

Supreme Lord is Krsna—you become His servant;
do pure devotion to Krsna in pure devotees’ company. 95

Please listen, O conscience! I say this supremely secret word.

You are the abode of unstained knowledge.

Only Krsna is forever-existing (nitya), pure (suddha) and wise (buddha). He is the Supreme Lord and controlling entity.

Do not ever leave His shelter. 96

Krsna is my own deity, my most beloved self, my teacher.

He is my kinsman, my brother and bosom friend.
Let, towards only Krsna, my intellect move; let, in Krsna, fond attachment develop in my mind;
let, into Krsna’s feet, my mind sink. 97