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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.39

యదిదం యోగానుశాసనం న వా ఏతదవరున్ధతే యన్న్యస్తదణ్డా మునయ ఉపశమశీలా ఉపరతాత్మాన: సమవగచ్ఛన్తి ॥ ౩౯ ॥
yad idaṁ yogānuśāsanaṁ na vā etad avarundhate yan nyasta-daṇḍā munaya upaśama-śīlā uparatātmānaḥ samavagacchanti.
[yad idam yogaanushaasanam na vaa etad avarundhate yan nyasta-dandaa munaya upashama-sheelaa uparataatmaanah samavagachchanti.]
yat — which idam — this ultimate abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead yoga-anuśāsanam — only to be achieved by practicing devotional service na — not vā — either etat — this path of liberation avarundhate — obtain yat — therefore nyasta-daṇḍāḥ — persons who have given up envying others munayaḥ — saintly persons upaśama-śīlāḥ — who are now situated in a most peaceful existence uparata-ātmānaḥ — who have control over the mind and senses samavagacchanti — very easily obtain.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad idaṁ yogānuśāsanaṁ na vā etad avarundhate yan nyasta-daṇḍā munaya upaśama-śīlā uparatātmānaḥ samavagacchanti.
yat
which
idam
this ultimate abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
yoga-anuśāsanam
only to be achieved by practicing devotional service
na
not
vā
either
etat
this path of liberation
avarundhate
obtain
yat
therefore
nyasta-daṇḍāḥ
persons who have given up envying others
munayaḥ
saintly persons
upaśama-śīlāḥ
who are now situated in a most peaceful existence
uparata-ātmānaḥ
who have control over the mind and senses
samavagacchanti
very easily obtain.
Saintly persons, who are friends to all living entities, have a peaceful consciousness. They have controlled their senses and minds, and they easily attain the path of liberation, the path back to Godhead. Being unfortunate and attached to the miserable material conditions, a materialistic person cannot associate with them.

The great saint Jaḍa Bharata described both the miserable condition and the means to get out. The only way out of it is association with devotees, and this association is very easy. Although unfortunate people also get this opportunity, due to their great misfortune they cannot take shelter of pure devotees, and consequently they continuously suffer. Nonetheless, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement insists that everyone take to this path by adopting the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The preachers of Kṛṣṇa consciousness go from door to door to inform people how they can be relieved from the miserable conditions of material life. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja: by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and guru, one can get the seed of devotional service. If one is a little intelligent he can cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be freed from the miserable conditions of material life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Crossing material existence is attained by bhakti-yoga, and not by materialistic persons. Those who have given up violence to all beings, who are peaceful, who have controlled their minds, attain freedom from saṁsāra. The cause of not returning to the material world is described. Samavagacchanti means “they attain.”
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