SB 11.14.20 na sadhayati mam yogo... cited

Expressions researched:
"brings Me under their control" |"charity or acceptance of sannyasa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me" |"na sadhayati mam yogo" |"na sankhyam dharma uddhava" |"na svadhyayas tapas tyago" |"yatha bhaktir mamorjita"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "11.14.20" or "brings Me under their control" or "na sadhayati mam yogo" or "na sankhyam dharma uddhava" or "na svadhyayas tapas tyago" or "yatha bhaktir mamorjita"

SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)

SB 11.14.20, Translation:

My dear Uddhava, the unalloyed devotional service rendered to Me by My devotees brings Me under their control. I cannot be thus controlled by those engaged in mystic yoga, Sāṅkhya philosophy, pious work, Vedic study, austerity or renunciation.

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 17.76, Translation:

"(The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:) "My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga (the mystic yoga system to control the senses), nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through austerities, charity or acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.""

CC Adi 17.76, Purport:

Karmīs, jñānīs, yogīs, tapasvīs and students of Vedic literature who do not have Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply beat around the bush and do not get any final profit because they have no clear knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nor do they have faith in approaching Him by discharging devotional service, although everywhere such service is repeatedly emphasized, as it is in this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 11.14.20). The Bhagavad-gītā (18.55) also declares, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ: "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service." If one wants to understand the Supreme Personality factually, he must take to the path of devotional service and not waste time in profitless philosophical speculation, fruitive activity, mystic yogic practice or severe austerity and penance.

CC Madhya-lila

CC Madhya 20.137, Translation and Purport:

“(The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:) ‘My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga (the mystic yoga system to control the senses), nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through austerities, charity or acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me.

This and the following verse are quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.14.20–21). The explanation for this verse is given in Ādi-līlā 17.76.

CC Madhya 25.137, Translation and Purport:

“(The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:) "My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga (the mystic yoga system to control the senses), nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through austerities, charity or acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me."

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.14.20). For an explanation see Ādi-līlā, Chapter Seventeen, text 76.

CC Antya-lila

CC Antya 4.59, Translation and Purport:

“(The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:) "My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga (the mystic yoga system for controlling the senses), nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth, nor through study of the Vedas, nor through austerities, charity or acceptance of sannyāsa can one satisfy Me as much as by developing unalloyed devotional service unto Me."

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.14.20).

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 5:

Therefore all Vedic literature recommends that one accept this process. In this regard, Caitanya Mahāprabhu quoted from the Lord's instructions to Uddhava in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.14.20-21):

na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava

na svādhyāyas tapas tyāgo yathā bhaktir mamorjitā

bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ śraddhayātmā priyaḥ satām

bhaktiḥ punāti man-niṣṭhā śva-pākān api sambhavāt

"My dear Uddhava, neither philosophical speculation nor meditational yoga nor penances can give Me such pleasure as devotional service practiced by the living entities. I am dear only to My devotees, and I can be achieved only by devotional service. Even an extremely lowborn person will become free from all contamination if he takes to My devotional service." Devotional service is the only path by which one can achieve the Supreme Person.