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TEXT 3 sri-bhagavan uvaca
SYNONYMS  sri-bhagavan
uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; loke--in the
world; asmin--this; dvi-vidha--two kinds of; nistha--faith;
pura--formerly;
prokta--were said; maya--by Me; anagha--O sinless
one; jnana-yogena--by the linking process of knowledge;
sankhyanam--of
the empiric philosophers; karma-yogena--by the linking process of
devotion; yoginam--of the devotees.
TRANSLATION The Blessed
Lord said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two
classes of men who realize the Self. Some are inclined to understand Him
by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others are inclined to know
Him by devotional work.
PURPORT In the Second
Chapter, verse 39, the Lord explained two kinds of procedures--namely sankhya-yoga
and karma-yoga, or buddhi-yoga. In this verse, the Lord explains
the same more clearly. Sankhya-yoga, or the analytical study of
the nature of spirit and matter, is the subject matter for persons who
are inclined to speculate and understand things by experimental knowledge
and philosophy. The other class of men work in Krsna consciousness, as
it is explained in the 61st verse of the Second Chapter. The Lord has explained,
also in the 39th verse, that by working by the principles of buddhi-yoga,
or Krsna consciousness, one can be relieved from the bonds of action; and,
furthermore, there is no flaw in the process. The same principle is more
clearly explained in the 61st verse--that this buddhi-yoga is to
depend entirely on the Supreme (or more specifically, on Krsna), and in
this way all the senses can be brought under control very easily. Therefore,
both the yogas are interdependent, as religion and philosophy. Religion
without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy
without religion is mental speculation. The ultimate goal is Krsna, because
the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth
come in the end to Krsna consciousness. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita.
The whole process is to understand the real position of the self in relation
to the Superself. The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by
which, gradually, one may come to the point of Krsna consciousness; and
the other process is directly connecting with everything in Krsna consciousness.
Of these two, the path of Krsna consciousness is better because it does
not depend on purifying the senses by a philosophical process. Krsna consciousness
is itself the purifying process, and by the direct method of devotional
service it is simultaneously easy and sublime.
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