POWERFUL COGNITION
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The Prāṇāyāma, practice of breath control in yoga, is an offering to God.
4.30
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।
सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः
॥ ४=३०॥
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu
juhvati I sarve'pyete yajñavido
yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ II
There are others who sacrifice
through controlled eating and offering
the outgoing breath, life energy. All
these people know the meaning of
sacrifice and are purified of sin or
karma.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Spiritual fasting is a sacrifice.
4.31
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।सनातनम्
नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम
॥ ४=३१॥
yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma
sanātanam I nāyaṁ loko'styayajñasya
kuto'nyaḥ kurusattama
Having tasted the nectar of the
results of such sacrifices, they go to
the supreme eternal consciousness.
This world is not for those who have
not sacrificed. How can the other
be, Arjuna?
POWERFUL COGNITION
Those who have sacrificed attain supreme eternal consciousness.
4.32
एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे ।
कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे
॥ ४=३२ ॥
evam bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā
brahmaṇo mukhe I karmajānviddhi
tānsarvānevam jñātvā vimokṣyase
Thus, there are many kinds of
sacrifices born of work mentioned in
the Vedas. Thus, knowing these, one
will be liberated.
POWERFUL COGNITION
There are many forms of sacrifice involving a combination of material, physical, mental and spiritual sacrifices.
