Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.27
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.27 · 4 · Verse 27
Sanskrit Original
।।4.27।। सर्वाणि इन्द्रियकर्माणि इन्द्रियाणां कर्माणि इन्द्रियकर्माणि तथा प्राणकर्माणि प्राणो वायुः आध्यात्मिकः तत्कर्माणि आकुञ्चनप्रसारणादीनि तानि च अपरे आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ आत्मनि संयमः आत्मसंयमः स एव योगाग्निः तस्मिन् आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति प्रक्षिपन्ति ज्ञानदीपिते स्नेहेनेव प्रदीपे विवेकविज्ञानेन उज्ज्वलभावम् आपादिते जुह्वति प्रविलापयन्ति इत्यर्थः।।
4.27 Further, apare, others; juhvati, offer, i.e. merge; sarvani, all; indriya-karmani, the activities of the organs; and also the prana-karmani, activities of the vital force- prana means the air in the body; they offer its activities such as contraction, expansion, etc; atma-samyama yoga-agnau, into the fire of the yoga of self-control-withdrawal (samyama) [Samyama consists of concentration, meditation, and Self-absorption. The idea conveyed by the verse is that by stopping all activities, they concentrate the mind on the Self.] into the Self (atma) is self-control (atma-samyama); that itself is the fire of yoga (yoga-agni); (they offer) into that fire; jnana-dipite, which has been lighted by Knowledge, made to blaze up by discriminating knowledge, as if lighted up by oil.