Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40


Sanskrit:

कांश्चिन्ममानुध्यानेन नामसङ्कीर्तनादिभि: ।योगेश्वरानुवृत्त्या वा हन्यादशुभदान् शनै: ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

kāṁścin mamānudhyānenanāma-saṅkīrtanādibhiḥyogeśvarānuvṛttyā vāhanyād aśubha-dān śanaiḥ

Translation:

These inauspicious disturbances can be gradually removed by constant remembrance of Me, by congregational hearing and chanting of My holy names, or by following in the footsteps of the great masters of yoga.

Purport:

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, by meditation on the Supreme Lord one can overcome lust and other mental disturbances, and by following in the footsteps of great transcendentalists one can overcome hypocrisy, false pride and other types of mental imbalance.