TEXT 2

Devanagari

यं सन्न्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।
न ह्यसन्न्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥ २ ॥

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yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur
yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava
na hy asannyasta-saṅkalpo
yogī bhavati kaścana

Synonyms

yam — what; sannyāsam — renunciation; iti — thus; prāhuḥ — they say; yogam — linking with the Supreme; tam — that; viddhi — you must know; pāṇḍava — O son of Pāṇḍu; na — never; hi — certainly; asannyasta — without giving up; saṅkalpaḥ — desire for self-satisfaction; yogī — a mystic transcendentalist; bhavati — becomes; kaścana — anyone.

yam: ce que; sannyāsam: le renoncement; iti: ainsi; prāhuḥ: ils disent; yogam: s’unir au Suprême; tam: cela; viddhi: tu dois savoir; pāṇḍava: ô fils de Pāṇḍu; na: jamais; hi: certes; asannyasta: sans abandonner; saṅkalpaḥ: le désir de satisfaction personnelle; yogī: un spiritualiste mystique; bhavati: ne devient; kaścana: quiconque.

Translation

What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pāṇḍu, for one can never become a yogī unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.

Sache, ô fils de Pāṇḍu, qu’on ne peut séparer le yoga, la communion avec l’Absolu, du renoncement, car nul ne peut devenir un yogī sans abandonner tout désir de jouissance matérielle.

Purport

Real sannyāsa-yoga or bhakti means that one should know his constitutional position as the living entity, and act accordingly. The living entity has no separate independent identity. He is the marginal energy of the Supreme. When he is entrapped by material energy, he is conditioned, and when he is Kṛṣṇa conscious, or aware of the spiritual energy, then he is in his real and natural state of life. Therefore, when one is in complete knowledge, one ceases all material sense gratification, or renounces all kinds of sense gratificatory activities. This is practiced by the yogīs who restrain the senses from material attachment. But a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has no opportunity to engage his senses in anything which is not for the purpose of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person is simultaneously a sannyāsī and a yogī. The purpose of knowledge and of restraining the senses, as prescribed in the jñāna and yoga processes, is automatically served in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one is unable to give up the activities of his selfish nature, then jñāna and yoga are of no avail. The real aim is for a living entity to give up all selfish satisfaction and to be prepared to satisfy the Supreme. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has no desire for any kind of self-enjoyment. He is always engaged for the enjoyment of the Supreme. One who has no information of the Supreme must therefore be engaged in self-satisfaction, because no one can stand on the platform of inactivity. All purposes are perfectly served by the practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Pratiquer le bhakti-yoga, ou le sannyāsa-yoga, c’est connaître sa nature essentielle et agir en conséquence. L’être vivant n’a pas d’identité indépendante séparée, car il constitue l’énergie marginale de Dieu. Prisonnier de l’énergie matérielle, il en subit le conditionnement, mais lorsqu’il est conscient de Kṛṣṇa, conscient de l’énergie spirituelle, il connaît son état naturel véritable. Lorsqu’il a la pleine connaissance, il renonce à tout plaisir matériel, à toute action intéressée. Tel est le renoncement des yogīs, le renoncement de ceux qui détachent les sens de leurs objets. Mais l’homme conscient de Kṛṣṇa est à la fois un sannyāsī et un yogī, car jamais il n’use de ses sens autrement que pour satisfaire Kṛṣṇa. C’est donc tout naturellement qu’il atteint le but du jñāna et du yoga – le savoir et la maîtrise des sens – alors que l’homme incapable de s’affranchir de son égocentrisme ne peut jamais rien tirer de ces pratiques.

Le véritable objectif de tout être est de renoncer à sa satisfaction propre pour chercher uniquement celle du Seigneur. Le dévot, par exemple, n’a aucun désir de jouissance personnelle. Il agit constamment pour le plaisir de l’Être Suprême. L’être ne pouvant demeurer inactif, celui qui ne connaît pas l’existence du Seigneur devra nécessairement agir pour sa satisfaction propre. Tous les objectifs seront donc parfaitement atteints si l’on pratique la conscience de Kṛṣṇa.