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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.28

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.28 · 4 · Verse 28

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Sanskrit Original

।।4.28।। द्रव्ययज्ञाः तीर्थेषु द्रव्यविनियोगं यज्ञबुद्ध्या कुर्वन्ति ये ते द्रव्ययज्ञाः। तपोयज्ञाः तपः यज्ञः येषां तपस्विनां ते तपोयज्ञाः। योगयज्ञाः प्राणायामप्रत्याहारादिलक्षणो योगो यज्ञो येषां ते योगयज्ञाः। तथा अपरे स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च स्वाध्यायः यथाविधि ऋगाद्यभ्यासः यज्ञः येषां ते स्वाध्याययज्ञाः। ज्ञानयज्ञाः ज्ञानं शास्त्रार्थपरिज्ञानं यज्ञः येषां ते ज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः यतनशीलाः संशितव्रताः सम्यक् शितानि तनूकृतानि तीक्ष्णीकृतानि व्रतानि येषां ते संशितव्रताः।।किञ्च

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4.28 Tatha, similarly; apare, others; are dravya-yajnah, perfomers of sacrifices through wealth-those sacrificers who spend wealth (dravya) in holy places under the idea of performing sacrifices; tapo-yajnah, performers of sacrifices through austerity, men of austerity, to whom austerity is a sacrifice; [This is according to Ast.-Tr.] yogayajnah, performers of sacrifice through yoga-those to whom the yoga consisting in the control of the vital forces, withdrawal of the organs, etc., is a sacrifice; and svadhyaya-jnana-yajnah, performers of sacrifices through study and knowledge. Sacrificers through study are those to whom the study of Rg-veda etc. accroding to rules is a sacrifice. And sacrificers through knowledge are those to whom proper understanding of the meaing of the scriptures is a sacrifice. Others are yatayah, ascetics, who are deligent; samsita-vratah, in following severe vows. Those whose vows (vratah) have been fully sharpened (samsita), made very rigid, are samsita-vratah. [Six kinds of sacrifices have been enumerated in this verse.] Further,