Aphorisms of Narada: An Inquiry Into Love (1896) - Page 23

He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion in this world,

original: "Evam pravartitam cakram nânuvartayatîha yah"

sinful in life and taking pleasure in the senses, he lives in vain, O son of Pritha.

original: "Aghâyur indriyârâmo mogham Pârtha Arjuna, the son of the queen Pritha (also known as Kunti). sa jîvati."

“He who helps not this revolving wheel (of the world) to turn, sinful, revelling in the senses, lives to no purpose, O Pritha’s Son.”

Bhagavad Gita, III, 16.

By the body, by the mind, by the intellect, and even by the mere senses,

original: "Kâyena manasâ buddhyâ kevalair indriyair api"

practitioners of Yoga perform actions for the purification of the self,

original: "Yoginah karma kurvanti sangam tyaktvâtma-śud-"

after abandoning all attachment.

original: "dhaye."

“By the body, by the higher and lower faculties of the mind, even by the mere senses, Yogîs perform actions for the purification of the soul after giving up all attachment.”

Bhagavad Gita, V, 11.

2. Path of Knowledge original: "Jnâna Yoga" — through wisdom, by thought, meditation, and study attaining to discrimination original: "viveka"; the intellectual ability to distinguish truth from illusion, the discrimination of the essential and permanent from the unreal and fleeting. Thence dispassion original: "vairâgya", dispassion, indifference to all worldly joys and woes which are seen to have no real existence. From this follows liberation original: "mukti", release from all bondage, freedom and eternal peace.