Shloka 28
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे । स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्व॒ यतयः संशितव्रता:
dravyayajñās tapoyajñā yogayajñās tathāpare | svādhyāyajñānayajñāś ca yatayaḥ saṁśitavratāḥ ||
কিছুমান লোকে দ্ৰব্যযজ্ঞ কৰে, কিছুমানে তপস্যাৰূপ যজ্ঞ কৰে; আন কিছুমানে যোগৰূপ যজ্ঞ অনুষ্ঠান কৰে। আৰু অহিংসা আদি তীক্ষ্ণ সংযমব্ৰতত দৃঢ় যতনশীল যতিসকলে স্বাধ্যায়যজ্ঞ আৰু জ্ঞানযজ্ঞ সম্পাদন কৰে।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse broadens the idea of yajña (sacrifice) beyond fire-rituals to include ethical and spiritual disciplines: giving and offering (dravya), austerity (tapas), yogic practice (yoga), and the inward offerings of study and knowledge (svādhyāya and jñāna). It implies that sincere self-restraint and inner transformation are also sacred offerings.
In the Gītā’s teaching context on the battlefield, Arjuna is presented as speaking here, listing different kinds of practitioners who pursue spiritual aims through varied forms of “sacrifice.” The focus is on recognizing multiple legitimate paths of disciplined practice within dharma.