Shloka 26
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुद्धति । शब्दादीन् विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्नति,अन्य योगीजन श्रोत्र आदि समस्त इन्द्रियोंको संयमरूप अग्नियोंमें हवन किया करते हैं* और दूसरे योगी लोग शब्दादि समस्त विषयोंको इन्द्रियरूप अग्नियोंमें हवन किया करते हैं?
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati | śabdādīn viṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati ||
Arjuna said: Some practitioners offer the senses—beginning with hearing—into the fires of self-restraint; others offer the objects of sense—beginning with sound—into the fires of the senses. In this way, different yogins enact inner sacrifice: either by withdrawing the faculties into disciplined control, or by meeting sense-objects with purified, regulated perception so that desire is consumed rather than fed.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual practice can be framed as inner yajña: either restraining the senses by offering them into the fire of discipline, or engaging sense-objects in a purified way so craving is burned up rather than increased.
In the Gītā dialogue on the battlefield, Arjuna is hearing about various forms of sacrifice; this verse describes two yogic modes of inner sacrifice involving senses and their objects.