4.27 सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे। आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते
sarvāṇ
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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.
4.29 अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः
apāne juhvati prāṇa prāṇe'pānaṃ tath
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apāne—the incoming breath;juhvati—offer;prāṇam—the outgoing breath;prāṇe—in the outgoing breath;apānam—incoming breath;tathā—also;apare—others;prāṇa—of the outgoing breath;apāna—and the incoming breath;gatī—movement;ruddhvā—blocking;prāṇa-āyāma—control of breath;parāyaṇāḥ—wholly devoted
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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[Some sages] offer the prana into the apana; likewise, others offer the apana into the prana. Having controlled both the courses of the prana and apana, the same sages offer the pranas into pranas.
There are some who practise control of the Vital Energy and govern the subtle forces of Prana and Apana, thereby sacrificing their Prana unto Apana, or their Apana unto Prana.
Others, with restricted diet, are devoted to the control of breath. Some sacrifice the inward breath in the outward breath. Similarly others sacrifice the outward breath in the inward breath. Some others, stopping the flow of both the inward breath and the outward, sacrifice the inward breaths and outward breaths.
Constantly practising control of the vital forces by stopping the movements of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, some offer as a sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming breath; while still others, the incoming breath in the outgoing breath.
Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming, and the incoming in the outgoing, restraining the courses of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the restraint of the breath.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.28 द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे। स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः
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dravya-yajñāḥ—offering one’s own wealth as sacrifice;tapaḥ-yajñāḥ—offering severe austerities as sacrifice;yoga-yajñāḥ—performance of eight-fold path of yogic practices as sacrifice;tathā—thus;apare—others;swādhyāya—cultivating knowledge by studying the scriptures;jñāna-yajñāḥ—those offer cultivation of transcendental knowledge as sacrifice;cha—also;yatayaḥ—these ascetics;sanśhita-vratāḥ—observing strict vows
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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These are the performers of sacrifices with material objects, the performers of sacrifices with penance, and the performers of sacrifices with Yoga. Likewise, there are other ascetics with rigid vows whose sacrifices are the svadhyaya-knowledge.
And yet others offer as their sacrifice wealth, austerities and meditation. Monks wedded to their vows renounce their scriptural learning and even their spiritual powers.
Self-controlled and firm of resolve, others perform the sacrifice of material objects or austerities or Yoga; while others offer their scriptural study and knowledge.
Similarly, others are performers of sacrifices through wealth, through austerity, through yoga, and through study and knowledge; others are ascetics with severe vows.
Some again offer wealth, austerity and Yoga as sacrifice, while the ascetics of self-restraint and rigid vows offer study of scriptures and knowledge as sacrifice.
