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TEXT 3 aruruksor muner yogam
SYNONYMS  aruruksoh--of
one who has just begun yoga; muneh--of the sage; yogam--the
eightfold yoga system; karma--work; karanam--the cause;
ucyate--is said to be; yoga--eightfold yoga; arudhasya--of
one who has attained; tasya--his; eva--certainly; samah--cessation
of all material activities; karanam--the cause; ucyate--is
said to be.
TRANSLATION For one who
is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means;
and for one who has already attained to yoga, cessation of all material
activities is said to be the means.
PURPORT The process
of linking oneself with the Supreme is called yoga, which may be
compared to a ladder for attaining the topmost spiritual realization. This
ladder begins from the lowest material condition of the living entity and
rises up to perfect self-realization in pure spiritual life. According
to various elevations, different parts of the ladder are known by different
names. But all in all, the complete ladder is called yoga and may
be divided into three parts, namely jnana-yoga, dhyana-yoga and
bhakti-yoga. The beginning of the ladder is called the yogaruruksu
stage, and the highest rung is called yogarudha.
Concerning
the eightfold yoga system, attempts in the beginning to enter into
meditation through regulative principles of life and practice of different
sitting postures (which are more or less bodily exercises) are considered
fruitive material activities. All such activities lead to achieving perfect
mental equilibrium to control the senses. When one is accomplished in the
practice of meditation, he ceases all disturbing mental activities.
A Krsna
conscious person is, however, situated from the beginning on the platform
of meditation because he always thinks of Krsna. And, being constantly
engaged in the service of Krsna, he is considered to have ceased all material
activities.
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