tadaivam ātmany avaruddha-citto
na veda kiñcid bahir antaraṁ vā |
yatheṣu-kāro nṛpatiṁ vrajantam
iṣau gatātmā na viveda pārśve ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.9.13)
“Then, in this way, the mind shut in upon the ātmā does not perceive anything external [e.g., sights] or internal [e.g., memories], just as an arrow-maker, his mind absorbed in [crafting] arrows, did not notice in the least a king passing beside him [with a large entourage playing kettle-drums].”
viṣayān dhyāyataś cittaṁ viṣayeṣu visajjate |
mām anusmarataś cittaṁ mayy eva pravilīyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.27)
[Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “A mind meditating upon the sense objects becomes greatly attached to the sense objects; a mind continuously remembering me becomes completely absorbed in me specifically.”
viṣayāviṣṭa-cittasya kṛṣṇāveśaḥ sudūrataḥ |
vāruṇī-dig-gataṁ vastu vrajan naindrīṁ kim āpnuyāt ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa)
“For one whose mind is absorbed in the sense objects, absorption in Kṛṣṇa is very far off. Can one attain an object situated in the West by going to the East?”
