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Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
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ling the mind and senses;  api —also;  sannyāsena —by renunciation;  ca —and;  karmaṇām —of fruitive activities;  yogena —by  yoga  practice;  vividha-aṅgena —of different divisions;  bhakti-yogena —by devotional service;  ca —and;  eva —certainly;  hi —indeed;  dharmeṇa —by prescribed duties;  ubhaya-cihnena —having both symptoms;  yaḥ —which;  pravṛtti —attachment;  nivṛtti-mān —containing detachment;  ātma-tattva —the science of self-realization;  avabodhena —by understanding;  vairāgyeṇa —by detachment;  dṛḍhena —strong;  ca —and;  īyate —is perceived;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ebhiḥ —by these;  sa-guṇaḥ —in the material world;  nirguṇaḥ —beyond the material modes;  sva-dṛk —one who sees his constitutional position.
TRANSLATION
By performing fruitive activities and sacrifices, by distributing charity, by performing austerities, by studying various literatures, by conducting philosophical research, by controlling the mind, by subduing the senses, by accepting the renounced order of life, and by performing the prescribed duties of one's social order; by performing the different divisions of  yoga  practice, by performing devotional service, and by exhibiting the process of devotional service containing the symptoms of both attachment and detachment; by understanding the science of self-realization and by developing a strong sense of detachment, one who is expert in understanding the different processes of self-realization realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is represented in the material world as well as in transcendence.
PURPORT
As it is stated in the previous verse, one has to follow the principles of the scriptures. There are different prescribed duties for persons in the different social and spiritual orders. Here it is stated that performance of fruitive activities and sacrifices and distribution of charity are activities meant for persons who are in the householder order of society. There are four orders of the social system:  brahmacarya ,  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha  and  sannyāsa . For the  gṛhasthas , or householders, performance of sacrifices, distribution of charity, and action according to prescribed duties are especially recommended. Similarly, austerity, study of Vedic literature, and philosophical research are meant for the  vānaprasthas , or retired persons. Study of the Vedic literature from the bona fide spiritual master is meant for the  brahmacārī , or student.  Ātmendriya-jaya , control of the mind and taming of the senses, is meant for persons in the renounced order of life.