Prabhupāda: This dhīmahi means Gāyatrī mantra. Those who are brahmins, who are elevated, they are given this Gāyatrī mantra, oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi. Dhīmahi. That dhīmahi word is used here in the Bhāgavatam. So Bhāgavatam is meant for persons who are already in the qualification of brahmin. It is not meant for persons who are in the qualification of śūdra. Because this very word suggests, dhīmahi. Dhīmahi is meant for brahmin, Gāyatrī mantra.
So this is to be understood, that God is always, His real characteristic, spiritual energy. And another characteristic, material energy, that is temporary.
Thank you very much. Any question? Any question?
Devotee: Yes. What is the difference between karma-yoga and bhakti-yoga?
Prabhupāda: Oh, we have not discussed just now karma-yoga. Anyway, karma-yoga and bhakti-yoga . . . karma-yoga is meant . . . yoga, first thing, yoga. Yoga means linking, connecting. So any yoga, there are many different kinds of yoga, any yoga means linking oneself with the Supreme.
So those who are too much addicted to karma . . . karma means work. Just like we see in your New York City. Everyone is busy with karma. Karma means you do something, there is some result and you enjoy or suffer. That is called karma. They are doing business, they are doing so many things. There is result. So karma has an effect. So it may be good or bad. So one has to enjoy or suffer. So those who are too much addicted to this karma, activities, when those activities are done with yoga—yoga means linking with the Supreme—that is called karma-yoga.
Devotee: Isn't . . . Bhakti-yoga is not the same?
Prabhupāda: Bhakti-yoga. Karma-yoga is almost the same bhakti-yoga. And bhakti-yoga is direct. Bhakti-yoga is . . . that, bhaktas, they are not addicted to karma, but they are simply addicted to the service of the Lord. That service of the Lord and ordinary work sometimes appears one and the same. Just like we are also typewriting. They . . . your mother was asking the other day, "Oh, you have got Dictaphone?" "Yes." "Oh, why do you say that materialism bad?" "And we are spiritualizing this. You have produced these material things. We are spiritualizing."