तमेतमिह पुरुषास्त्रय्या विद्यया वर्णाश्रमाचारानुपथा उच्चावचै: कर्मभिराम्नातैर्योगवितानैश्च श्रद्धया यजन्तोऽञ्जसा श्रेय: समधिगच्छन्ति ॥ ४ ॥
tam etam iha purusas trayya vidyaya varnasramacaranupatha uccavacaih karmabhir amnatair yoga-vitanais ca sraddhaya yajanto ’njasa sreyah samadhigacchanti.
- tam
- Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- etam
- this
- iha
- in this world of mortality
- purusah
- all people
- trayya
- having three divisions
- vidyaya
- by the Vedic knowledge
- varna-asrama-acara
- the practices of the varnasrama system
- anupathah
- following
- ucca-avacaih
- higher or lower according to the different positions in the varnasrama-dharma (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra)
- karmabhih
- by their respective activities
- amnataih
- handed down
- yoga-vitanaih
- by meditation and other yogic processes
- ca
- and
- sraddhaya
- with great faith
- yajantah
- worshiping
- anjasa
- without difficulty
- sreyah
- the ultimate benefit of life
- samadhigacchanti
- they attain
According to the system of four varnas and four asramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, who is situated as the sun-god. With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga. In this way they very easily attain the ultimate goal of life.