अत एव शनैश्चित्तं प्रसक्तमसतां पथि । भक्तियोगेन तीव्रेण विरक्त्या च नयेद्वशम् ॥ ५ ॥
ata eva sanais cittam prasaktam asatam pathi bhakti-yogena tivrena viraktya ca nayed vasam
- atah eva
- therefore
- sanaih
- gradually
- cittam
- mind, consciousness
- prasaktam
- attached
- asatam
- of material enjoyments
- pathi
- on the path
- bhakti-yogena
- by devotional service
- tivrena
- very serious
- viraktya
- without attachment
- ca
- and
- nayet
- he must bring
- vasam
- under control.
It is the duty of every conditioned soul to engage his polluted consciousness, which is now attached to material enjoyment, in very serious devotional service with detachment. Thus his mind and consciousness will be under full control.