bhubhukshu and mumukshu

This is a continuation of the last post regarding the jignasa (the interest to know the reality) and mumukshutva (the intense desire to get liberated) and then establishing in YOGA.

What if the person is still interested in BHOGA (such a person is called bhubhukshu) and try to learn YOGA?

This causes a contradiction. The person will neither be able to enjoy the external objects of the senses due to this contradiction nor will be able to progress on the path of YOGA due to the disturbance created by the "indriyas" - the senses of perception and action.

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।

karmendriyāṇi saḿyamya
ya āste manasā smaran
indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā
mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate

In the above sloka, lord is clearly mentioning that forcibly holding the senses of action, but thinking of the objects of senses within the mind that one is called a pretender.

This type of "mithyachara" is neither good to the individual nor to the society.

So what is to be done?

Instruction 5:
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।

yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra
loko 'yaḿ karma-bandhanaḥ
tad-arthaḿ karma kaunteya
mukta-sańgaḥ samācara

The first step is to start performing the action as sacrifice. Doing one's own duty without any attachment to the fruits of that action. This is called "KARMA YOGA" only after skillfully performing one's own prescribed duties as a service to LORD, one can ascend to a position of "mumukshu" a spiritual seeker of knowledge.

om tat sat