Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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27. Others again offer all the actions of the senses and the functions of Prāna (the vital energy) as sacrifice in the yoga-fire of control in Self, kindled by Knowledge. Others again offer all the actions of the senses and the functions of prānaithe vital energy)-Prāna is the vital air in the body, and its functions are contraction, expansion, etc. as sacrifice in the yoga-fire of control in Self: concentration of the mind in the Self[1] is itself "yogāgni", the fire of yoga-kindled by knowledge: as a lamp is kindled by oil, this yoga-fire is made brilliant by discrimi native knowledge; and in it they completely dissolve (the actions of the senses and of prāna). |
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References and Context
- ↑ ātma-samyama. By samyama is denoted the triad of dhūranā, dhyāna and samādhi (fixed attention, meditation and absorption). These yogins restrain all activity and fix their mind in the contemplation of the Self. (A)