Shloka 25
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
दैवमेवापरे यज्ञ योगिन: पर्युपासते । ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुद्धति,दूसरे योगीजन देवताओंके पूजनरूप यज्ञका ही भलीभाँति अनुष्ठान किया करते हैं: और अन्य योगीजन परब्रह्म परमात्मरूप अग्निमें अभेददर्शनरूप यज्ञके द्वारा ही आत्मरूप यज्ञका हवन किया करते हैं
daivam evāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate | brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati ||
Arjuna said: Some yogins worship the divine powers alone as their sacrificial offering; others, seeing Brahman as the very fire, pour the sacrifice into that fire by the sacrifice itself—offering the self through the act of inner worship. The teaching contrasts outward ritual directed to deities with inward sacrifice grounded in non-dual insight, presenting both as disciplined paths of reverent action.
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