किं वा योगेन साङ्ख्येन न्यासस्वाध्याययोरपि । किं वा श्रेयोभिरन्यैश्च न यत्रात्मप्रदो हरि: ॥ १२ ॥
kim va yogena sankhyena nyasa-svadhyayayor api kim va sreyobhir anyais ca na yatratma-prado harih
- kim
- what is the use
- va
- or
- yogena
- by mystic yoga practice
- sankhyena
- by the study of Sankhya philosophy
- nyasa
- by accepting sannyasa
- svadhyayayoh
- and by study of Vedic literature
- api
- even
- kim
- what is the use
- va
- or
- sreyobhih
- by auspicious activities
- anyaih
- other
- ca
- and
- na
- never
- yatra
- where
- atma-pradah
- full satisfaction of self
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Transcendental practices that do not ultimately help one realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead are useless, be they mystic yoga practices, the analytical study of matter, severe austerity, the acceptance of sannyasa, or the study of Vedic literature. All these may be very important aspects of spiritual advancement, but unless one understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, all these processes are useless.