Chapter 4 · Verse 27

Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action

सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे। आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi chāpare ātma-sanyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite

Word Meanings

sarvāṇi — all; indriya — the senses; karmāṇi — functions; prāṇa-karmāṇi — functions of the life breath; cha — and; apare — others; ātma-sanyama yogāgnau — in the fire of the controlled mind; juhvati — sacrifice; jñāna-dīpite — kindled by knowledge

Language:

Translation

Others offer all the functions of the senses and the activities of the life-breath into the fire of self-disciplined yoga, kindled by knowledge.

Commentary

सर्वाणि all? इन्द्रियकर्माणि functions of the senses? प्राणकर्माणि functions of the breath (vital energy)? च and? अपरे other? आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ in the fire of the Yoga of selfrestraitn? जुह्वति sacrifice? ज्ञानदीपिते kindled by knowledge.Commentary Just as a lamp is kindled by oil? so also the fire of the Yoga of selfcontrol is kindled by knowledge. When the Yogi concentrates or fixes his mind on Brahman or the Self? the senses and the breath cease to function. The senses and the breath are absorbed into their cause.