CHAPTER FOUR
Moderation in Yoga
In this Sixth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā , the system of  sāṅkhya-yoga , which is the meditational  aṣṭāṅga-yoga  system, is emphasized.  Jñāna-yoga  emphasizes the philosophical process of analysis by which we determine what is Brahman and what is not Brahman. This process is known as the  neti neti  process, or “not this, not that.” In the beginning of the  Vedānta-sūtra  it is stated,  janmādy asya yataḥ : “The Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth, is He from whom everything emanates.” This is a hint, and from this we must try to understand the nature of the Supreme Brahman, from whom everything is emanating. The nature of that Absolute Truth is explained in detail in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
In the first verse of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is stated,
օՠ் ուու bhagavate vāsudevāya
janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi
“O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the
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