Bhagavad Gita 4.27सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥
sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi chāpare
ātma-sanyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite
Sanskrit recitation
Every act can be sacred · 4.24–4.33 · Teaching
Translation
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.
Hindi translation
अन्य योगीलोग सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंकी क्रियाओंको और प्राणोंकी क्रियाओंको ज्ञानसे प्रकाशित आत्मसंयमयोगरूप अग्निमें हवन किया करते हैं।
Meaning
Just as a lamp is kindled by oil, so also the fire of the Yoga of selfcontrol is kindled by knowledge. When the Yogi concentrates or fixes his mind on Brahman or the Self, the senses and the breath cease to function. The senses and the breath are absorbed into their cause.
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→
- cha
- and
- apare
- others
- indriya
- the senses
- juhvati
- sacrifice
- karmāṇi
- functions
- sarvāṇi
- all
- jñāna-dīpite
- kindled by knowledge
- prāṇa-karmāṇi
- functions of the life breath
- ātma-sanyama yogāgnau
- in the fire of the controlled mind
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