Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61

Sanskrit:

श्रीवसुदेव उवाचभ्रातरीशकृत: पाशो नृणां य: स्‍नेहसंज्ञित: ।तं दुस्त्यजमहं मन्ये शूराणामपि योगिनाम् ॥ ६१ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-vasudeva uvācabhrātar īśa-kṛtaḥ pāśonṛnāṁ yaḥ sneha-saṁjñitaḥtaṁ dustyajam ahaṁ manyeśūrāṇām api yoginām

Translation:

Śrī Vasudeva said: My dear brother, God Himself has tied the knot called affection, which tightly binds human beings together. It seems to me that even great heroes and mystics find it very difficult to free themselves from it.

Purport:

Heroic leaders of men try to transcend their petty attachments by force of will, while introspective yogīs pursue knowledge for the same purpose. But the Lord’s illusory energy, Māyā, is much stronger than any conditioned soul. Only by taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Māyā, can one become immune to her influence.