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'Saṁnyäsin' does not mean one who is niragni (one who does not perform Fire-Worship, or other ritualistic Action), and akriya (one who performs no Action at all). 3, 4. The mutual interchange of of kūrya (Result), and kāraña (Cause) of sama (Abandonment) and korma (Action) in the 'siddhāvasthā' (perfect state), and the sadhanävasthā (preparatory stage) of the Karma-Yogin; and, the characteristic feature of the Yogārūdha (one who is installed in Yoga). 5, 6. The freedom of the Atman to successfully acquire Yoga. 7-9. Even among the jitūtman-yogayukta (those who have conquered Self and are steeped in Yoga), the one who has attained Equability of Reason is the best. 10-17. A description of the bodily postures (ūsana), and food, and recreation, necessary for yoga-sādhana (the successful practice of Yoga). 18-23. A description of the Yogin, and of the beatific happiness of the yoga-samādhi (mental absorption resulting from Yoga). 24-26. How to gradually make the Mind, Absorbed. ( samādhistha), Peaceful (śānta), and Self-devoted (ātmanistha). 27, 28. The Yogin alone is ‘Merged in the Brahman' (brahmabhūta) and intensely happy. 29–32. The Self-Identification of the Yogin with the entire creation. 33–36. The control of the restless Mind by Practice (abhyāsa), and by Indifference to worldly affairs (vairūgya). 37-45. A description of how the yoga-bhrasta (one who has abandoned the practice of Karma-Yoga), or the juñāsu (one who has got the desire to understand what the KarmaYoga is) acquires growing merit, birth after birth, and ultimately complete Release, given in reply to the question of Arjuna. 46, 47. The Karma-Yogins, and among them those who are Devout, are better than the tapasvins (those who perform religious austerities), the Jñānins (the scients), and mere Karmins (those who merely perform Action or Ritual); and, the advice to Arjuna to become a (Karma-) Yogin.
CHAPTER VII-JÑĀNA-VIJÑANA YOGA.
(The Yoga of Spiritual and Worldly Knowledge).
1-3. The beginning of the disquisition on Jñāna (Spiritual Knowledge) and Vijñāna (worldly knowledge), for the attainment of Karma-Yoga; the rarity of persons who make an effort to attain Karma-Yoga. 4-7. Consideration of the kşara (perishable) and the akşara (imperishable); the eight-fold
