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Due to attachment to necessities and affection for the Bhagavat's words (through Karmayoga), the seeker attains the pleasures of heaven, but does not reach the ultimate state (Moksha). ||4||
**Meaning:** A seeker who is attached to necessities and has affection for the Bhagavat's words (through Karmayoga) attains the pleasures of heaven, but does not reach the ultimate state (Moksha). ||4||
Knowledge Yoga is characterized by pure austerity and single-minded devotion to the Self. It is the means to attain the bliss of liberation, arising from the detachment from the objects of the senses. ||5||
**Meaning:** When there is only love (interest or faith) in the Self, and detachment from the objects of the senses arises, then there is pure austerity, and that is Knowledge Yoga, which is the means to attain the bliss of liberation. ||5||
In this Knowledge Yoga, there is only knowledge (awareness) of the Self, therefore there is no restriction from others (par), because even good karma (action) does not cause distraction (disturbance of self-meditation) in Knowledge Yoga. ||6||
**Meaning:** In this Knowledge Yoga, there is only knowledge (awareness) of the Self, therefore there is no restriction from others (par), because even good karma (action) does not cause distraction (disturbance of self-meditation) in Knowledge Yoga. ||6||
For the unmindful, even actions related to necessities are not considered as distractions, because their mind is always focused on the Self, as stated by others. ||7||
**Meaning:** For the unmindful, even actions related to necessities are not considered as distractions, because their mind is always focused on the Self, as stated by others. ||7||