अत्याहारः प्रयासश्च

Bhāgavata Purāṇa11.3.13

अत्याहारः प्रयासश्च प्रजल्पो नियमाग्रहः | जनसङ्गश्च लौल्यं च षड्भिर्भक्तिर्विनश्यति ||

अत्याहारःexcessive eating
प्रयासःexcessive striving/effort
प्रजल्पःexcessive talking
नियमाग्रहःrigid attachment to rules
जनसङ्गःbad company
लौल्यम्fickleness/restlessness of mind
षड्भिःby these six
भक्तिःdevotion
विनश्यतिis destroyed

Devotion is destroyed by six things: eating too much, excessive striving, too much talking, rigid attachment to rules, bad company, and fickleness of mind.

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