Chapter 4, Verse 28
द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे। स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः।।4.28।।
dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare। svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ॥4.28॥
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- द्रव्ययज्ञाः
- those whose sacrifice consists of (offering) material possessions
- तपोयज्ञाः
- those whose sacrifice consists of austerity/penance
- योगयज्ञाः
- those whose sacrifice consists of the practice of yoga (meditation)
- तथा
- likewise, similarly
- अपरे
- others
- स्वाध्याय-ज्ञान-यज्ञाः
- those whose sacrifice consists of scriptural study and (cultivation of) knowledge
- च
- and
- यतयः
- ascetics, strivers (self-controlled seekers)
- संशितव्रताः
- of sharpened/strict vows (whose vows are rigorously observed)
Commentary
28. Others are sacrificers by their wealth, sacrificers by austerity, sacrificers by Yogas, sacri- ficers by reading and knowledge, ascetics of rigid vows.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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द्रव्ययज्ञाः
तपोयज्ञाः
योगयज्ञाः
तथा
अपरे
स्वाध्याय-ज्ञान-यज्ञाः
च
यतयः
संशितव्रताः
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