Chapter 4 Overview
Verse 4.26
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति। शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
śhrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye sanyamāgniṣhu juhvati śhabdādīn viṣhayānanya indriyāgniṣhu juhvati
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 26
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and other objects of the senses as a sacrifice in the fire of the senses.
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Why: some offer their senses, hearing and so on, into the fires of restraint, others offer sound and other sense objects into the fires of the senses, describing self-discipline itself as a form of sacrifice.
In life: the discipline of not indulging every sensory pull, food, media, attention, is its own kind of quiet daily practice, even without any formal ritual attached to it.
Teaching: treat your everyday acts of self-restraint as legitimate practice, not just background discipline, they belong in the same category as more visible spiritual effort.
śhrotra-ādīnisuch as the hearing process
indriyāṇisenses
anyeothers
sanyamarestraint
agniṣhuin the sacrficial fire
juhvatisacrifice
śhabda-ādīnsound vibration, etc
viṣhayānobjects of sense-gratification
anyeothers
indriyaof the senses
agniṣhuin the fire
juhvatisacrifice
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
4.26 श्रोत्रादीनि इन्द्रियाणि organ of hearing and other senses? अन्ये others? संयमाग्निषु in the fire of restraint? जुह्वति sacrifice? शब्दादीन् विषयान् senseobjects such as sound? etc.? अन्ये others? इन्द्रियाग्निषु in the fire of the senses? जुह्वति sacrifice.Commentary Some Yogis are constantly engaged in restraining the senses. They gather their senses under the guidance of the Self and do not allow them to come in contact with the sensual objects. This is also an act of sacficie. Others direct their senses only to the pure and unforbidden objects of the senses. This is also a kind of sacrifice.