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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
svādhyāye 'nye pravacane kecana jñāna-yogayoḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca —Nārada Muni said;  karma-niṣṭhāḥ —attached to ritualistic ceremonies (according to one's social status as a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra );  dvi-jāḥ —the twiceborn (especially the  brāhmaṇas );  kecit —some;  tapaḥ-niṣṭhāḥ —very much attached to austerities and penances;  nṛpa —O King;  apare —others;  svādhyāye —in studying Vedic literature;  anye —others;  pravacane —delivering speeches on Vedic literature;  kecana —some;  jñāna-yogayoḥ —in culturing knowledge and practicing  bhakti-yoga .
TRANSLATION
Nārada Muni continued:  My dear King, some  brāhmaṇas  are very much attached to fruitive activities, some are attached to austerities and penances, and still others study the Vedic literature, whereas some, although very few, cultivate knowledge and practice different yogas, especially  bhakti-yoga .
TEXT 2
ज्ञाननिष्ठाय देयानि कव्यान्यानन्त्यमिच्छता। देवे च तदभावे स्यादितरेभ्यो यथार्हतः ॥ २ ॥
jñāna-niṣṭhāya deyāni kavyāny ānantyam icchatā daive ca tad-abhāve syād itarebhyo yathārhataḥ
jñāna-niṣṭhāya —to the impersonalist or the transcendentalist desiring to merge into the Supreme;  deyāni —to be given in charity;  kavyāni —ingredients offered to the forefathers as oblations;  ānantyam —liberation from material bondage;  icchatā —by a person desiring;  daive —the ingredients to be offered to the demigods;  ca —also;  tat-abhāve —in the absence of such advanced transcendentalists;  syāt —it should be done;  itarebhyaḥ —to others (namely, those addicted to fruitive activities);  yathā-arhataḥ —comparatively or with discrimination.