Chapter 4, Verse 25
दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते। ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति।।4.25।।
daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate। brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati।।4.25।।
Word by word
- daivam
- the divine (sacrifice offered to gods/deities)
- eva
- only, indeed
- apare
- others, some (yogis)
- yajñam
- sacrifice
- yoginaḥ
- yogis, spiritual practitioners
- paryupāsate
- worship fully, offer/perform devotedly
- brahma-agnau
- into the fire of Brahman (the Absolute)
- apare
- others (still others)
- yajñam
- sacrifice
- yajñena
- by sacrifice (itself)
- eva
- only, verily
- upajuhvati
- offer up, pour as oblation
Commentary
25. Other yogins resort to sacrifices to Gods ; in the fire of Brahman others offer the Self by the Self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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daivam
eva
apare
yajñam
yoginaḥ
paryupāsate
brahma-agnau
apare
yajñam
yajñena
eva
upajuhvati
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