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Bhagavad-பர்ர் As  Itt Iss
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sannyāsī  and a  yogī . The purpose of knowledge and of restraining the senses, as prescribed in the  jñāna  and  yoga  processes, is automatically served in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one is unable to give up the activities of his selfish nature, then  jñāna  and  yoga  are of no avail. The real aim is for a living entity to give up all selfish satisfaction and to be prepared to satisfy the Supreme. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has no desire for any kind of self-enjoyment. He is always engaged for the enjoyment of the Supreme. One who has no information of the Supreme must therefore be engaged in self-satisfaction because no one can stand on the platform of inactivity. All these purposes are perfectly served by the practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 3
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते । योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
ārurukṣor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam ucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamah kāraṇam ucyate
ārurukṣoḥ —of one who has just begun  yoga ;  muneḥ —of the sage;  yogam —the eightfold  yoga  system;  karma —work;  kāraṇam —the cause;  ucyate —is said to be;  yoga —eightfold  yoga ;  ārūḍhasya —one who has attained;  tasya —his;  eva —certainly;  śamaḥ —cessation of all material activities;  kāraṇam —the cause;  ucyate —is said to be.
TRANSLATION
For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who has already attained to yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.
PURPORT
The process of linking oneself with the Supreme is called  yoga , which may be compared to a ladder for attaining the topmost spiritual realization. This ladder begins from the lowest material condition of the living entity and rises up to perfect self-realization in pure spiritual life. According to