Bhagavad Gita 4.28 (BG 4.28) | Jñāna-karma-sannyāsa-yoga: Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment
द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे ।
स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतय: संशितव्रता: ॥
English Transliteration
dravya-yajñās-tapo-yajñā
yoga-yajñās-tathāpare
svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś-ca
yataya: saṃśita-vratā: – 4.28
Translation
Still others perform yajña with materials, some through austerity, some by yoga practice, as also by spiritual study and Vedic recitations observing rigid vows and restraint.
BG 4.28: Chanting Audio
Chapter 4: Jñāna-karma-sannyāsa-yoga: – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment - Verse 28
Ma Gurupriya
BG 4.28: Commentary by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna brings in various religious and cultural practices, giving them yajña status. His intention is to widen the nature and scope of sacrifice, upholding what many do in the name of yajña.
As their tendencies and aspirations are multidirectional, they relish the practices and wish to indulge in them. Some have a flair to be visibly pronounced in what they do. They like to offer seeds, plants, etc. to the blazing sacrificial fire.
Some embrace very hard austerities, persecuting the body. Even yogic practices become sacrifice. Some assiduously offer their Vedic study and practices, regarding them as the best sacrifice. The enlightened disseminate supreme knowledge, evaluating it as the greatest sacrifice. It is far more sublime, divine and spiritual.
Thus assorted are sacrifices, each held as best by its practitioners.
