Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaChapter 4, Shloka 27 (4.27)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे
आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते
॥ 4.27 ॥
sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare
ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite
Translation
"Some offer all the activities of the senses and the activities of the vital breath into the fire of the yoga of self-restraint, kindled by knowledge."
Interpretation
A fire lit by knowledge. This restraint is not blind; it is jñāna-dīpita — illumined by knowledge.
Shankaracharya: prāṇo vāyuḥ ādhyātmikaḥ, tat-karmāṇi ākuñcana-prasāraṇādīni — prana is the air within the body, and its activities are contracting, expanding and so on; ātmani saṃyamaḥ ātma-saṃyamaḥ sa eva yogāgniḥ — restraint in the self is itself the fire of yoga; jñāna-dīpite snehena iva pradīpe viveka-vijñānena ujjvala-bhāvam āpādite — into this fire, made bright by discerning wisdom as a lamp is by oil, they pravilāpayanti — dissolve (them).
Acharya Ramanuja: jñāna-dīpite manaḥ-saṃyama-yogāgnau — into the fire of the yoga of restraint of the mind, kindled by knowledge; manasā indriya-prāṇānāṃ karma-pravaṇatā-nivāraṇe prayatante — they strive through the mind to check the leaning of the senses and the breath towards activity.
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