- ye yathā māṁ prapadyante
- tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
- mama vartmānuvartante
- manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
- (BG 4.11)
Now Kṛṣṇa says . . . there are three kinds of transcendentalist. What are they? The impersonalist and the localized yogī and the devotees. There are three kinds of transcendentalist. What are the impersonalist? Impersonalist means this jñānī, those who are trying to understand what is Brahman and try to negativating this material world, neti neti: "This is not Brahman. Brahman is separate from this matter." They are called jñānī.
And there are yogī. Yogī means those who are trying to focus all attention to the Supersoul which is within our heart. That is called yoga system. And yogī, jñānī and bhakta, devotees, those who are focusing all their concentration on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. So these three are classes of . . . they are all transcendentalist. They are not materialists.
Materialists, they are concerned with this matter only. They are very much attached to lord it over this material nature and enjoy life. That's all. That is the short description of the materialist. But the transcendentalist, they are above these attached people. They are detached, but they have got three conception of transcendental idea.