That the highest conception of yoga perfection is Kåñëa consciousness is clearly explained in this verse. And, unless one is Kåñëa conscious, it is not at all possible to control the senses. As cited above, the great sage Durväsä Muni picked a quarrel with Mahäräja Ambaréña, and Durväsä Muni unnecessarily became angry out of pride and therefore could not check his senses. On the other hand, the King, although not as powerful a yogé as the sage, but a devotee of the Lord, silently tolerated all the sage's injustices and thereby emerged victorious. The King was able to control his senses because of the following qualifications, as mentioned in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam:

The word mat-paraù is most significant in this connection. How one can become a mat-paraù is described in the life of Mahäräja Ambaréña. Çréla Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa, a great scholar and äcärya in the line of the mat-paraù, remarks: "mad-bhakti-prabhävena sarvendriya-vijaya-pürvikä svätma dåñöiù sulabheti bhävaù." "The senses can be completely controlled only by the strength of devotional service to Kåñëa." Also the example of fire is sometimes given: "As the small flames within burn everything within the room, similarly Lord Viñëu, situated in the heart of the yogé, burns up all kinds of impurities." The Yoga-sütra also prescribes meditation on Viñëu, and not meditation on the void. The so-called yogés who meditate on something which is not the Viñëu form simply waste their time in a vain search after some phantasmagoria. We have to be Kåñëa conscious—devoted to the Personality of Godhead. This is the aim of the real yoga.