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Krishna

4.24 ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā

Word meanings

brahma—Brahman;arpaṇam—the ladle and other offerings;brahma—Brahman;haviḥ—the oblation;brahma—Brahman;agnau—in the sacrificial fire;brahmaṇā—by that person;hutam—offered;brahma—Brahman;eva—certainly;tena—by that;gantavyam—to be attained;brahma—Brahman;karma—offering;samādhinā—those completely absorbed in God-consciousness

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The Brahman-oblation that is to be offered to the Brahman is poured into the Brahman-fire by the Brahman; it is nothing but the Brahman that is to be attained by one whose deep contemplation is the Brahman-action.

Shri Purohit Swami

For him, the sacrifice itself is the Spirit; the Spirit and the oblation are one; it is the Spirit Itself which is sacrificed in Its own fire, and the man even in action is united with God, since while performing his act, his mind never ceases to be fixed on Him.

Swami Adidevananda

Brahman is the instrument to offer with; Brahman is the oblation. By Brahman is the oblation offered into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is to be reached by him who meditates on Him in his works.

Swami Gambirananda

The ladle is Brahman [Some translate as 'Brahman is the ladle৷৷.,' etc.-Tr.], the oblations is Brahman, the offering is poured by Brahman in the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by him who has concentration on Brahman as the objective [As an object to be known and attained. (Some translate brahma-karma-samadhina as, 'by him who sees Brahman in action'.)

Swami Sivananda

Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahman in action.

Krishna

4.26 श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति। शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati | śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati

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śhrotra-ādīni—such as the hearing process;indriyāṇi—senses;anye—others;sanyama—restraint;agniṣhu—in the sacrficial fire;juhvati—sacrifice;śhabda-ādīn—sound vibration, etc;viṣhayān—objects of sense-gratification;anye—others;indriya—of the senses;agniṣhu—in the fire;juhvati—sacrifice

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Others offer their sense-organs such as the sense of hearing and the rest into the fires of restraint; others offer objects such as sound and the rest into the fires of their sense-organs.

Shri Purohit Swami

Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses.

Swami Adidevananda

Others offer as oblations hearing and other senses in the fires of restraint. Some others offer as oblations the objects of the senses, such as sound and the rest, into the fires of their senses.

Swami Gambirananda

Others offer the organs, viz ear etc., in the fires of self-control. Others offer the objects, viz sound etc., in the fires of the organs.

Swami Sivananda

Some again offer hearing and other senses as sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and various objects of the senses as sacrifice in the fire of the senses.

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4.25 दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते। ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति

Word meanings

daivam—the celestial gods;eva—indeed;apare—others;yajñam—sacrifice;yoginaḥ—spiritual practioners;paryupāsate—worship;brahma—of the Supreme Truth;agnau—in the fire;apare—others;yajñam—sacrifice;yajñena—by sacrifice;eva—indeed;upajuhvati—offer

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Certain other men of Yoga are completely devoted to yajna, connected with the devas, and offer that yajna, simply as a yajna, into the insatiable fire of the Brahman.

Shri Purohit Swami

Some sages sacrifice to the Powers; others offer themselves on the alter of the Eternal.

Swami Adidevananda

Some Yogins resort only to the sacrifice relating to gods. Others offer sacrifice into the fire of Brahman solely by means of sacrifice.

Swami Gambirananda

Otherebyogis undertake sacrifice to gods alone, Others offer the Self, as a sacrifice by the Self itself, in the fire of Brahman.

Swami Sivananda

Some Yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone, while others (who have realised the Self) offer the Self as sacrifice by the Self in the fire of Brahman alone.