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TEXT 44 purvabhyasena tenaiva
SYNONYMS  purva--previous;
abhyasena--practice; tena--by the influence of that; eva--certainly;
hriyate--is attracted; hi--surely; avasah--helpless;
api--also; sah--he; jijnasuh--willing to know; api--so;
yogasya--of yoga; sabda-brahma--ritualistic principles
of scripture; ativartate--transcends.
TRANSLATION By virtue
of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes
attracted to the yogic principles--even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive
transcendentalist, striving for yoga, stands always above the ritualistic
principles of the scriptures.
PURPORT Advanced yogis
are not very much attracted to the rituals of the scriptures, but they
automatically become attracted to the yoga principles, which can
elevate them to complete Krsna consciousness, the highest yoga perfection.
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.33.7), such disregard of Vedic rituals
by the advanced transcendentalists is explained as follows:
aho bata sva-paco 'to gariyan
"O my Lord!
Persons who chant the holy names of Your Lordship are far, far advanced
in spiritual life, even if born in families of dog-eaters. Such chanters
have undoubtedly performed all kinds of austerities and sacrifices, bathed
in all sacred places, and finished all scriptural studies."
The famous
example of this was presented by Lord Caitanya, who accepted Thakura Haridasa
as one of His most important disciples. Although Thakura Haridasa happened
to take his birth in a Muslim family, he was elevated to the post of namacarya
by Lord Caitanya due to his rigidly attended principle of chanting three
hundred thousand holy names of the Lord daily: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. And
because he chanted the holy name of the Lord constantly, it is understood
that in his previous life he must have passed through all the ritualistic
methods of the Vedas, known as sabda-brahma. Unless, therefore,
one is purified, one cannot take to the principle of Krsna consciousness
or become engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krsna.
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