English Commentary There are two classes of sanny─Бs─лs, or persons in the renounced order of life. The M─Бy─Бv─Бd─л sanny─Бs─лs are engaged in the study of S─Бс╣Еkhya philosophy, whereas the Vaiс╣гс╣Зava sanny─Бs─лs are engaged in the study of Bh─Бgavatam philosophy, which affords the proper commentary on the Ved─Бnta-s┼лtras. The M─Бy─Бv─Бd─л sanny─Бs─лs also study the Ved─Бnta-s┼лtras, but use their own commentary, called ┼Ъ─Бr─лraka-bh─Бс╣гya, written by ┼Ъaс╣Еkar─Бc─Бrya. The students of the Bh─Бgavata school are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, according to p─Б├▒car─Бtrik─л regulations, and therefore the Vaiс╣гс╣Зava sanny─Бs─лs have multiple engagements in the transcendental service of the Lord. The Vaiс╣гс╣Зava sanny─Бs─лs have nothing to do with material activities, and yet they perform various activities in their devotional service to the Lord. But the M─Бy─Бv─Бd─л sanny─Бs─лs, engaged in the studies of S─Бс╣Еkhya and Ved─Бnta and speculation, cannot relish the transcendental service of the Lord. Because their studies become very tedious, they sometimes become tired of Brahman speculation, and thus they take shelter of the Bh─Бgavatam without proper understanding. Consequently their study of the ┼Ъr─лmad-Bh─Бgavatam becomes troublesome. Dry speculations and impersonal interpretations by artificial means are all useless for the M─Бy─Бv─Бd─л sanny─Бs─лs. The Vaiс╣гс╣Зava sanny─Бs─лs, who are engaged in devotional service, are happy in the discharge of their transcendental duties, and they have the guarantee of ultimate entrance into the kingdom of God. The M─Бy─Бv─Бd─л sanny─Бs─лs sometimes fall down from the path of self-realization and again enter into material activities of a philanthropic and altruistic nature, which are nothing but material engagements. Therefore, the conclusion is that those who are engaged in Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa conscious activities are better situated than the sanny─Бs─лs engaged in simple speculation about what is Brahman and what is not Brahman, although they too come to Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa consciousness, after many births.