 |
 |
|
|
|
|
TEXT 6 sannyasas tu maha-baho
SYNONYMS  sannyasah--the
renounced order of life; tu--but; maha-baho--O mighty-armed
one; duhkham--distress; aptum--afflicts one with; ayogatah--without
devotional service; yoga-yuktah--one engaged in devotional service;
munih--a thinker; brahma--the Supreme; na cirena--without
delay; adhigacchati--attains.
TRANSLATION Unless one
is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation of
activities cannot make one happy. The sages, purified by works of devotion,
achieve the Supreme without delay.
PURPORT There are two
classes of sannyasis, or persons in the renounced order of life.
The Mayavadi sannyasis are engaged in the study of Sankhya philosophy,
whereas the Vaisnava sannyasis are engaged in the study of Bhagavatam
philosophy, which affords the proper commentary on the Vedanta-sutras.
The Mayavadi sannyasis also study the Vedanta-sutras, but
use their own commentary, called Sariraka-bhasya, written by Sankaracarya.
The students of the Bhagavata school are engaged in the devotional
service of the Lord, according to pancaratriki regulations, and
therefore the Vaisnava sannyasis have multiple engagements in the
transcendental service of the Lord. The Vaisnava sannyasis have
nothing to do with material activities, and yet they perform various activities
in their devotional service to the Lord. But the Mayavadi sannyasis,
engaged in the studies of Sankhya and Vedanta and speculation, cannot relish
transcendental service of the Lord. Because their studies become very tedious,
they sometimes become tired of Brahman speculation, and thus they take
shelter of the Bhagavatam without proper understanding. Consequently
their study of the Srimad-Bhagavatam becomes troublesome. Dry speculations
and impersonal interpretations by artificial means are all useless for
the Mayavadi sannyasis. The Vaisnava sannyasis, who are engaged
in devotional service, are happy in the discharge of their transcendental
duties, and they have the guarantee of ultimate entrance into the kingdom
of God. The Mayavadi sannyasis sometimes fall down from the path
of self-realization and again enter into material activities of a philanthropic
and altruistic nature, which are nothing but material engagements. Therefore,
the conclusion is that those who are engaged in Krsna consciousness are
better situated than the sannyasis engaged in simple Brahman speculation,
although they too come to Krsna consciousness, after many births.
|
