Verse-25
Chapter 4 — Gyan Karma Sannayasa Yoga
Verse 25
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
daivamevāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate
brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati
🕉 English Translation
Yogi kai karte hain aisa bhi,
Karen yagya se pooja vo devon ki.
Brahm roopi agni jala kar kai,
Karen yagya ke dwara havan yagya ka hi.
📜 Translation
English
Some yogis offer sacrifice to gods only in the form of dedicated religious activity. Other yogis by performing sacrifice in the fire of the Supreme by feeling oneness with That, do self-offering.
Magnanimity is a speciality of the eternal religion (sanatan dharma). Freedom in faith, attitude and the way of worship is a visible form of this magnanimity. In the spirit of sacrifice the preacher of the Gita is illustrating this magnanimity. No fixed procedure is definitely, not the same for all in this culture. In the first place, sacrifice is not a mere action; it according to the Gita is a dedicated spirit and this spirit according to the mental state of the seeker is acceptable in its varied forms. The Lord says that other yogis perform consecrated rituals in the form of worship of gods and goddesses; these rites on their part are also a sacrifice. The gods are doing everything for the sake of the welfare of the people; the sacrifice and worship undertaken to please them is also a form of sacrifice.
Here is the highest form of sacrifice. The sacrifice of seeing oneness with the Supreme in the Brahmn fire. 'Abheda darshanam gyanam' (the knowledge of seeing oneness with Brahmn) is the highest knowledge in the Vedantic philosophy. In the normal situation, intellect is inclined towards seeing divided existence-the principle reason for this is egoism and clinging. This should be offered as oblations. When these oblations are relinquished then 'jeevo brahamaiva napara' (ishvasyo Upanishad) the embodied being is its form. The knowledge of being one with Brahmn is accomplished and this is what is the sacrifice of the Self in the Gita.