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Bhagavad Gita · 4.26 · Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action·26 of 42

श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वतिशब्दादीन्विषयानन्य 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.

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.

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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