Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja
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sarvanindriya-karmani<br />
prana-karmani capare<br />
atma-samyama-yogagnau<br />
juhvati jnana-dipite<br />
Those who are interested in self-realisation in terms of mind and sense<br />
control, offer the actions of the ten senses as well as the vital airs (breath), as<br />
sacrifices to the fire of the controlled mind.<br />
TEXT 28<br />
dravya-yajnas tapo-yajna<br />
yoga-yajnas tathapare<br />
svadhyaya-jnana-yajnas ca<br />
yatayah samsita-vratah<br />
All these sacrifices may be divided into four kinds, such as Dravya Yajna,<br />
Japa Yajna, Yoga Yajna and Swadhyaya Yajna. One who performs such yajnas<br />
are called ascetics of severe vows.<br />
TEXT 29<br />
apane juhvati pranam<br />
prane 'panam tathapare<br />
pranapana-gati ruddhva<br />
pranayama-parayanah<br />
apare niyataharah<br />
pranan pranesu juhvati<br />
Some people who advocate Hatha yoga, practice Pranayam by stopping<br />
the movement of Prana into Apana and vice versa, and gradually stop the<br />
movements of both by practicing Kumbhaka (stopping all breathing). Some<br />
others curtailing their eating, perform sacrifice offering their Pranas to the fire<br />
of Pranas.<br />
TEXT 30<br />
sarve 'py ete yajna-vido<br />
yajna-ksapita-kalmasah<br />
yajna-sistamrta-bhujo<br />
yanti brahma sanatanam<br />
All these performers are well versed in the principle of sacrifice and<br />
having destroyed their sins by performance of sacrifice, ultimately attain the<br />
eternal Brahman by testing the nectarine remnants of such sacrifice.<br />
TEXT 31<br />
nayam loko 'sty ayajnasya<br />
kuto 'nyah kuru-sattama<br />
O Arjuna, the scion of Kuru, why speak of the next world, even this world<br />
is denied to the non-performers of sacrifice.<br />
TEXT 32<br />
evam bahu-vidha yajna<br />
vitata brahmano mukhe<br />
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