Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment: Verse 32
एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे ।
कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे ॥
evaṃ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe
karmajān-viddhi tān-sarvān-evaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase – 4.32
Thus, manifold yajñas are prescribed in the scriptures. But, closely studied, all these are outcomes of karma alone. Knowing this truth, one attains freedom.
Chapter 4: Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Renunciation of Actions through Enlightenment - Verse 32
Ma Gurupriya
Practices under the broad head of yajña are verily manifold. It is not that yajña has to be in the nature of worship, ceremony or ritual. A very revolutionary idea indeed! By this, Krishna takes the practice of yajña far beyond the conventional rituals and fire sacrifices.
All actions are performed by our personality, its different limbs. And they are in the nature of movements and vibrations. This fact makes all of them equal on the pedestal of yajña. That is why Krishna exhorted to embody asakti, non-clinging, while doing any and all actions (3.19). Thus the yajña effort becomes solely mento- intellectual. Mind freed from saṅga makes the whole life a full sacrifice. That itself is liberation in all its aspects and depth. “Know this truth and you will be liberated,” says Krishna to Arjuna.
None need be allured by the various kinds of yajñas that are in vogue. It is enough if he acts without sanga.
