Texts 34-36] Entanglement in Fruitive Activities 1405
ling the mind and senses; api—also; sannyasena— by renunciation; ca— and;
karmanam-— of fruitive activities; yogena—by yoga practice; vividha-angena
—of different divisions; bhakti-yogena—by devotional service; ca—and;
eva—certainly ; hi~indeed; dharmena—by prescribed duties; ubhaya-cihnena
~having both symptoms; yah— which; pravrtti— attachment; nivyt timan—
containing detachment; atma-tattva—the science of self-realization;
avabodhena—by understanding; vairagyena—by detachment; drdhena—
strong; ca—and; iyate—is perceived; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; ebhih—by these; sa-gugah—in the material world; nirgupah—
beyond the material modes; sva-drk—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 devel-
oping 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, grhastha, vanaprastha and
sannyasa. For the grhasthas, or householders, performance of sacrifices ,
distribution of charity, and action according to prescribed duties are espe-
cially recommended. Similarly, austerity, study of Vedic literature, and
philosophical research are meant for the vanaprasthas, or retired persons.
Study of the Vedic literature from the bona fide spiritual master is meant
for the brahmacari, or student. Atmendriya-jaya, control of the mind and
taming of the scnscs, is meant for persons in the renounced order of life.
