Bhagvad Gita (shloka 2.62):
TRANSLATION
WHILE CONTEMPLATING THE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES, A PERSON DEVELOPS ATTACHMENT FOR
THEM, AND FROM SUCH ATTACHMENT LUST DEVELOPS, AND FROM LUST ANGER ARISES.
PURPORT
ONE WHO IS NOT KRSNA CONSCIOUS IS SUBJECTED TO MATERIAL DESIRES WHILE
CONTEMPLATING THE OBJECTS OF SENSES.
THE SENSES REQUIRE REAL ENGAGEMENTS, AND IF THEY ARE NOT ENGAGED IN THE
TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD, THEY WILL CERTAINLY SEEK ENGAGEMENT
IN THE SERVICE OF MATERIALISM.
IN THE MATERIAL WORLD EVERYONE, INCLUDING LORD SIVA AND LORD BRAHMA—TO SAY
NOTHING OF OTHER DEMIGODS IN THE HEAVENLY PLANETS—IS SUBJECTED TO THE INFLUENCE
OF SENSE OBJECTS, AND THE ONLY METHOD TO GET OUT OF THIS PUZZLE OF MATERIAL
EXISTENCE IS TO BECOME KRSNA CONSCIOUS.
LORD SIVA WAS DEEP IN MEDITATION, BUT WHEN PARVATI AGITATED HIM FOR SENSE
PLEASURE, HE AGREED TO THE PROPOSAL, AND AS A RESULT KARTIKEYA WAS BORN.
When Haridasa Thakur was a young devotee of the Lord, he was similarly allured
by the incarnation of Maya Devi, but Haridasa easily passed the test because of
his unalloyed devotion to Lord Krsna.
As illustrated in the above-mentioned verse of Sri Yamunacharya, A SINCERE
DEVOTEE OF THE LORD SHUNS ALL MATERIAL SENSE ENJOYMENT DUE TO HIS HIGHER TASTE
FOR SPIRITUAL ENJOYMENT IN THE ASSOCIATION OF THE LORD.
THAT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
ONE WHO IS NOT, THEREFORE, IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, HOWEVER POWERFUL HE MAY BE
IN CONTROLLING THE SENSES BY ARTIFICIAL REPRESSION, IS SURE ULTIMATELY TO FAIL,
FOR THE SLIGHTEST THOUGHT OF SENSE PLEASURE WILL AGITATE HIM TO GRATIFY HIS
DESIRES.
