Bhagavad Gita 4.26श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥
śhrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye sanyamāgniṣhu juhvati
śhabdādīn viṣhayānanya indriyāgniṣhu juhvati
Sanskrit recitation
Every act can be sacred · 4.24–4.33 · Teaching
Translation
Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and other objects of the senses as a sacrifice in the fire of the senses.
Hindi translation
अन्य योगीलोग श्रोत्रादि समस्त इन्द्रियोंका संयमरूप अग्नियोंमें हवन किया करते हैं और दूसरे योगीलोग शब्दादि विषयोंका इन्द्रियरूप अग्नियोंमें हवन किया करते हैं।
Meaning
Some Yogis are constantly engaged in restraining the senses. They gather their senses under the guidance of the Self and do not allow them to come in contact with the sensual objects. This is also an act of sacficie. Others direct their senses only to the pure and unforbidden objects of the senses. This is also a kind of sacrifice.
After Swami Sivananda
Every act can be sacred· 4.24–4.33→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 4.24Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation…
- 4.25Some yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others, who have realized the Self,…
4.26Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of…
- 4.27Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital…
- 4.28Others again offer wealth, austerity, and Yoga as sacrifice, while ascetics of…
- 4.29Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the…
- 4.30Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are…
- 4.31Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal…
- 4.32Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them…
- 4.33Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorcher of the…
Word-by-word→
- anye
- others
- indriya
- of the senses
- juhvati
- sacrifice
- sanyama
- restraint
- agniṣhu
- in the fire
- viṣhayān
- objects of sense-gratification
- indriyāṇi
- senses
- śhabda-ādīn
- sound vibration, etc
- śhrotra-ādīni
- such as the hearing process
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