दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ।
ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ॥
ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
अन्य योगीलोग भगवदर्पणरूप यज्ञका ही अनुष्ठान करते हैं और दूसरे योगीलोग ब्रह्मरूप अग्निमें विचाररूप यज्ञके द्वारा ही जीवात्मारूप यज्ञका हवन करते हैं ॥
English
Some yogis offer sacrifice to the divine alone. Others offer the self into the fire of Brahman through sacrifice itself.
श्लोक का अर्थ
Different yogis practice sacrifice in different ways. Some dedicate worship to the divine, while others make the act of sacrifice itself into an offering within Brahman.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is still frozen while Krishna keeps unfolding the inner logic of action. After describing sacrifice as purified knowledge, Krishna now shows that yogic practice can take different forms, all aimed at offering action back into the absolute.
आज के संदर्भ में
You sit in a quiet room before a hard decision, trying to get the wording right before you speak. The form may differ, but the real task is the same: let the act become an offering, not a performance.
सार
There are many forms of sincere practice, but all can become a way of offering the whole self.
शब्दार्थ
दैवमेव (to the divine alone) / अपरे (others) / यज्ञम् (sacrifice) / योगिनः (yogis) / पर्युपासते (worship) / ब्रह्माग्नौ (in the fire of Brahman) / अपरे (others) / यज्ञम् (sacrifice) / यज्ञेन (by sacrifice) / एव (indeed) / उपजुह्वति (offer)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4: ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग — ज्ञान और कर्म-संन्यास का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 42 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक), yajna (32 श्लोक), jnana yoga (13 श्लोक)