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GĪTĀ-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति । शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥ २६ ॥ सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे । आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥ २७ ॥
others make a sacrifice of a Yajña, by a Yajña, into the Brahman-fire.
[The latter portion of this stanza refers to the description in the Purusa-Sukta that the gods offered a sacrifice to the Virata-formed Yajña-purusa, cf., "yajñena yajñam ayajanta devah" (Rg. 10 90. 16); and the words, "yajñam yajñenaivopajuhvati" in this stanza are synonymous with the words yajñena yajñam ayajanta" in the Rg-Veda, and seem to be used accordingly. It is evident that the Virata-formed animal, which was sacrificed into the Yajña performed in the beginning of the world, and the god, for propitiating whom the sacrifice was made, must both have been of the form of the Brahman. In short, as the Brahman continually pervades all things in the world, the statement in the 24th stanza that, in performing all Actions desirelessly, the Brahman is always sacrificed by the Brahman, is scientifically correct; all that is wanted is that one's Mind has been formed accordingly. This is not the only stanza in the Gita which refers to the Purusa-Sukta, but later on, the description in Chapter X, is also consistent with that Sukta. The Blessed Lord has now described the Yajñas performed for propitiating particular deities. HE now explains how the Yogic performance of Breath Control (pranayama) etc., prescribed in the Patañjala-Yoga, or even the performance of religious austerities, is a kind of Yajña, if the words 'agni' (fire), havi' (sacrificial offering) etc., are taken in their symbolical meanings-]
(26) Others sacrifice the śrotrādi (that is, ears, eyes, etc.) organs into the Fire (agni) in the shape of a Limit (samyamana); and others again, sacrifice the objects of sense, such as, sound etc. into the Fire in the shape of the senses. (27) Others still, sacrifice all the Actions (that is, functions) of the various organs, and vital forces (prana) into the Fire of
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