Chapter 4: Jñāna-karma-sannyāsa-yoga: – Renunciation of Actions through EnlightenmentVerse 27
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे ।
आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥
sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi
prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare
ātma-saṃyama-yogāgnau
juhvati jñāna-dīpite – 4.27
Others offer all sensory and vital activities into the fire of the yoga of inner discipline, lit by the fire of enlightenment.
Chapter 4: Jñāna-karma-sannyāsa-yoga: – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment - Verse 27
Ma Gurupriya
The seeker need not indulge in any kind of external sensory or prāṇic activities, such as praṇāyāmās and mudras. His sole focus is on the mind and intelligence. Study, rumination and assimilation are his wont.
He sits still, inactive. Heart beats and lungs bellow softly and slowly. Breath grows thinner, pulse gentler, as the need for oxygen and energy is much less, since there is no hard, physical activity.
Attention is solely on thoughts, emotions and still subtler pulsations. Deep contemplation follows, not for objective purpose, but to attenuate desires, possessiveness and ego.
In this yajña, all activities are offered in the fire of inner restraint, making it deeply spiritual, leading to intermission of mental and intelligential functions.
This is an inner pursuit, spiritual and subtle, to refine the layers within. Though invisible, it is experiential. It instils dhāraṇa, dhyāna and samādhi.
