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Shloka 14

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

गुणवत्पावको महां दीव्यते5न्त:शरीरग: । जो मनसे अवगत होता है

brāhmaṇa uvāca | guṇavat pāvako mahān dīvyate 'ntaḥśarīragaḥ | yogayajñaḥ pravṛtto me jñānavallīprado 'dbhutaḥ | prāṇastotraḥ apānaśastraḥ sarvatyāgasudakṣiṇaḥ |

婆羅門は言った。「大いなる徳ある火が、わが身の内に輝いている。私はヨーガという祭祀を始めた—驚異にして、知の蔓を授けるものだ。この儀において、吸う息は讃歌、吐く息は祭具、そして最上の布施(祭資)は一切の放棄である。心をはじめとする六つの働きを戒め、思惟と感官の対象である六つの『供物』—心が捉えるもの、言葉が表すもの、耳が聞くもの、眼が見るもの、皮膚が触れるもの、鼻が嗅ぐもの—を、心を先頭とする六つの認識の器へと、自己そのものを祭壇として、内なる供献として捧げよ。その内なる供えにおいて、祭を司る火としての至上の自己が、わが身と心の内に顕現する。」

गुणवत्endowed with qualities
गुणवत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणवत्
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
पावकःfire
पावकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपावक
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
महान्great
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दीव्यतेshines / is radiant
दीव्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√दीव्
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
अन्तःwithin
अन्तः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः
शरीरगःdwelling in the body
शरीरगः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशरीरग
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
पावक/अग्नि (Fire as inner sacrificial fire)
परमात्मा (Supreme Self)
प्राण (in-breath)
अपान (out-breath)
मनस् (mind)
वाणी (speech)
कर्ण (ear)
चक्षुस् (eye)
त्वक् (skin)
नासिका/घ्राण (nose/smell faculty)
योगयज्ञ (yoga-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

True sacrifice can be internalized: by restraining the senses and mind, one offers sense-objects back into disciplined awareness, making the self the altar. The ‘fire’ is the Supreme Self shining within, and the highest sacrificial gift is total renunciation.

A Brahmin speaker describes his spiritual practice as a ‘yoga-sacrifice.’ He reinterprets Vedic ritual elements symbolically—prāṇa as the chant, apāna as the implement, and renunciation as the dakṣiṇā—asserting that through this inner rite the Supreme Self becomes manifest within him.