Chapter 3. Karma-yoga
TEXT 6
karmendriyani samyamya
ya aste manasa smaran
indriyarthan vimudhatma
mithyacarah sa ucyate
SYNONYMS
karma-indriyani--the five working sense organs;
samyamya--controlling; yah--anyone who; aste--remains;
manasa--by mind; smaran--thinking; indriya-arthan--sense objects; vimudha--foolish;
atma--soul; mithya-acarah--pretender; sah--he; ucyate--is called.
TRANSLATION
One who restrains the senses and organs of action, but
whose mind dwells on sense objects, certainly deludes
himself and is called a pretender.
PURPORT
There are many pretenders who refuse to work in Krsna
consciousness but make a show of meditation, while
actually dwelling within the mind upon sense enjoyment.
Such pretenders may also speak on dry philosophy in
order to bluff sophisticated followers, but according
to this verse these are the greatest cheaters. For
sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the
social order, but if one follows the rules and
regulations of his particular status, he can make gradual
progress in purifying his existence. But he who makes a
show of being a yogi, while actually searching for the objects of sense gratification, must be called the
greatest cheater, even though he sometimes speaks of philosophy. His knowledge has no value because the effects
of such a sinful man's knowledge are taken away by the
illusory energy of the Lord. Such a pretender's mind is
always impure, and therefore his show of yogic
meditation has no value whatsoever.
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"So, for a devotee, there is no difficulty in approaching the Supreme immediately and directly, but for those who are following the impersonal way to spiritual realization, the path is difficult. They have to understand the unmanifested representation of the Supreme through such Vedic literatures as the Upanisads, and they have to learn the language, understand the nonperceptual feelings, and they have to realize all these processes. This is not very easy for a common man. A person in Krsna consciousness, engaged in devotional service, simply by the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, simply by offering regulative obeisances unto the Deity, simply by hearing the glories of the Lord, and simply by eating the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead very easily. There is no doubt that the impersonalists are unnecessarily taking a troublesome path with the risk of not realizing the Absolute Truth at the ultimate end. But the personalist, without any risk, trouble, or difficulty, approaches the Supreme Personality directly. A similar passage appears in Srimad-Bhagavatam. It is stated there that if one has to ultimately surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead (this surrendering process is called bhakti), but instead takes the trouble to understand what is Brahman and what is not Brahman and spends his whole life in that way, the result is simply troublesome. Therefore it is advised here that one should not take up this troublesome path of self-realization because there is uncertainty in the ultimate result. "
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's purport to chapter 12 verse 5 of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे रामा हरे रामा रामा रामा हरे हर
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"Inconvenience for the service of Krishna is more precious and valuable than the entire creation"
..-His Holiness Radhanath Swami..
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