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nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.23 The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in...

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.24 A person who is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual...

daivam evāpare yajñaḿ yoginaḥ paryupāsate brahmāgnāv apare yajñaḿ yajñenaivopajuhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.25 Some yogis perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them...

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye saḿyamāgniṣu juhvati śabdādīn viṣayān anya indriyāgniṣu juhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.26 Some [the unadulterated brahmacaris] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of...

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare ātma-saḿyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.27 Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer...

dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā yoga-yajñās tathāpare svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś ca yatayaḥ saḿśita-vratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.28 Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and...

apāne juhvati prāṇaḿ prāṇe ’pānaḿ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.29 Still others, who are inclined to the process of...

sarve ’py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.30 All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions,...

nāyaḿ loko ’sty ayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.31 O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next? Commentary by...

evaḿ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaḿ jñātvā vimokṣyase Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.32 All these different types of sacrifice are approved by the Vedas, and all of them are born of...