Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 223

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

pūrvābhyāsane tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo’pi saḥ | jijñāsur-api yogasya śabda-brahmātivartate || 44 || 44. By that very former practice one is borne on in spite of oneself. Even one who merely enquires about Yoga, transcends the Sabda-Brahman. Commentary The person who has fallen away from meditation is carried on towards the summit of Yoga alone by the virtue of previous practice. Even a person, who has not actually engaged in meditation but has only been desirous of knowing about it; in other words, has failed to follow it up, acquires once again the same desire to practice Yoga. One then begins the practice of Yoga, the first stage of which is Karma Yoga, and thus transcends Sabda-Brahman (sonic vibration) which is that [energy] aspect of Brahman which manifests as gods, humans, earth, sky, heaven etc., namely; Prakrti or Material Nature. The meaning is that having been liberated from the bonds of Prakrti, one attains the ātman which is incapable of being described by words and which comprises solely of consciousness and bliss.