श्रीभगवानुवाच न रोधयति मां योगो न साङ्ख्यं धर्म एव च । न स्वाध्यायस्तपस्त्यागो नेष्टापूर्तं न दक्षिणा ॥ १ ॥ व्रतानि यज्ञश्छन्दांसि तीर्थानि नियमा यमा: । यथावरुन्धे सत्सङ्ग: सर्वसङ्गापहो हि माम् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca na rodhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma eva ca na svādhyāyas tapas tyāgo neṣṭā-pūrtaṁ na dakṣiṇā vratāni yajñaś chandāṁsi tīrthāni niyamā yamāḥ yathāvarundhe sat-saṅgaḥ sarva-saṅgāpaho hi mām
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- na rodhayati
- does not control
- mām
- Me
- yogaḥ
- the aṣṭāṅga-yoga system
- na
- neither
- sāṅkhyam
- the analytic study of the material elements
- dharmaḥ
- ordinary piety such as nonviolence
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
- na
- neither
- svādhyāyaḥ
- chanting the Vedas
- tapaḥ
- penances
- tyāgaḥ
- the renounced order of life
- na
- nor
- iṣṭā-pūrtam
- the performance of sacrifice and public welfare activities such as digging wells or planting trees
- na
- neither
- dakṣiṇā
- charity
- vratāni
- taking vows such as fasting completely on Ekādaśī
- yajñaḥ
- worship of the demigods
- chandāṁsi
- chanting confidential mantras
- tīrthāni
- going to holy places of pilgrimage
- niyamāḥ
- following major instructions for spiritual discipline
- yamāḥ
- and also minor regulations
- yathā
- as
- avarundhe
- brings under control
- sat-saṅgaḥ
- association with My devotees
- sarva
- all
- saṅga
- material association
- apahaḥ
- removing
- hi
- certainly
- mām
- Me
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, by associating with My pure devotees one can destroy one’s attachment for all objects of material sense gratification. Such purifying association brings Me under the control of My devotee. One may perform the aṣṭāṅga-yoga system, engage in philosophical analysis of the elements of material nature, practice nonviolence and other ordinary principles of piety, chant the Vedas, perform penances, take to the renounced order of life, execute sacrificial performances and dig wells, plant trees and perform other public welfare activities, give in charity, carry out severe vows, worship the demigods, chant confidential mantras, visit holy places or accept major and minor disciplinary injunctions, but even by performing such activities one does not bring Me under his control.