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śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye saḿyamāgniṣu juhvati śabdādīn viṣayān anya indriyāgniṣu juhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.26 Some [the unadulterated brahmacaris] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of...

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare ātma-saḿyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.27 Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer...

dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā yoga-yajñās tathāpare svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś ca yatayaḥ saḿśita-vratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.28 Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and...

apāne juhvati prāṇaḿ prāṇe ’pānaḿ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.29 Still others, who are inclined to the process of...

sarve ’py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.30 All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions,...

nāyaḿ loko ’sty ayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.31 O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next? Commentary by...

evaḿ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaḿ jñātvā vimokṣyase Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.32 All these different types of sacrifice are approved by the Vedas, and all of them are born of...

śreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ paran-tapa sarvaḿ karmākhilaḿ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.33 O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice performed in knowledge is better than the mere...

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaḿ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.34 Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master Inquire from him submissively and...

yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaḿ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇi drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.35 Having obtained real knowledge from a self-realized soul, you will never fall again into such...