4.25 दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते। ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति
daivam
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
Some sages sacrifice to the Powers; others offer themselves on the alter of the Eternal.
Some Yogins resort only to the sacrifice relating to gods. Others offer sacrifice into the fire of Brahman solely by means of sacrifice.
Otherebyogis undertake sacrifice to gods alone, Others offer the Self, as a sacrifice by the Self itself, in the fire of Brahman.
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.
4.27 सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे। आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते
sarvāṇ
Word meanings
sarvāṇi—all;indriya—the senses;karmāṇi—functions;prāṇa-karmāṇi—functions of the life breath;cha—and;apare—others;ātma-sanyama yogāgnau—in the fire of the controlled mind;juhvati—sacrifice;jñāna-dīpite—kindled by knowledge
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Some others offer all the actions of their sense-organs and the actions of their life-breath into the fire of the Yoga of self-control, ignited by wisdom.
Other again sacrifice their activities and their vitality in the Spiritual fire of self-abnegation, kindled by wisdom.
Some again offer as oblation the functions of the senses and the activity of the vital breaths into the fire of the Yoga of restraint of the mind kindled by knowledge.
Others offer all the activities of the organs and the activities of the vital force into the fire of the yoga of self-control which has been lighted by Knowledge.
Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital energy or Prana) in the fire of the Yoga of self-restraint kindled by knowledge.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.26 श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति। शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति
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Word meanings
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
