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Mani Shay - Spiritual Feelings
(373) This is the spiritual yajna, the Brahman yajna, and it is the most excellent, and all good men agree to it.
Mahatma Jnaneshwar Maharaj says:
O Path! In such a way that one washes away all one's sins, by churning in the heart-shaped churn, and pressing it with the wheel-shaped weight, and shaking it with the peace-shaped rope, and churning it with the Guru-word-shaped mantra. In this way, by churning all the tendencies, there is immediate accomplishment of the task. That accomplishment is that, there, immediately, the fire of knowledge is ignited. That is, first, the smoke produced by the Moharoop of the Adhisiddhi, is covered, and the spark of the fire is produced. After that, with the help of the mind-shaped fuel, which is naturally prepared by the Yama-Niyam, that fire is ignited. With its help, a large flame is produced. After that, the desire-shaped fuel is burned by applying various types of love-shaped ghee. After that, the soul-shaped initiate, offers the oblation of the senses-actions in the ignited fire of knowledge. Finally, with the help of the "Suva" named yajna vessel of the Pranakarma, after offering the full oblation in the fire, the benefit of the Abhhuth bath is obtained, and after offering the oblation of the senses etc. in the fire of restraint, the remaining soul-bliss is accepted as the offering.
First, by the fullness of the renunciation-shaped fuel, the sense-shaped fire is ignited, and the subject-shaped material is offered in it, then the desire-shaped foundation is purified, and the fundamental mudra is tied on it, and the body-shaped mandap is erected on it. In that place, the sense-shaped gold is offered in the fire-pit of the sense-restraint-shaped fire, and the havan is performed with the yoga mantra. After that, the mind and breath are prepared as the offering material, and the pure fire of knowledge is satisfied without smoke. In this way, by offering that literature to knowledge, then that knowledge is absorbed in Brahman, that is, "ब्रह्माग्नि ब्रह्म हविब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥
सर्वाणींद्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे । आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्यति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥ श्रेयस्कर मचाबला ज्ञानयज्ञ परंतर सर्व वि पार्थ ज्ञाने परिनवयो ”—गीता.
That is, (1) The Brahman which is offered, is the Brahman-shaped offering (offering material), in the Brahman fire, it is offered by Brahman; and by the Brahman-karma-samadhi, one has to go to Brahman, one has to attain Brahman. (2) Others, on the other hand, offer all the sense-actions and breath-actions in the self-restraint-shaped fire, which is illuminated by knowledge. (3) O Parth! The knowledge-yajna is more beneficial than the material yajna. O Parth! All actions are ultimately resolved in knowledge.