Shloka 26

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

Devanagari script

श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुद्धति । शब्दादीन्‌ विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्नति

Transliteration

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati | śabdādīn viṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati ||

Translation

କେତେକ ଯୋଗୀ ଶ୍ରୋତ୍ର ଆଦି ସମସ୍ତ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟକୁ ସଂଯମରୂପ ଅଗ୍ନିମାନଙ୍କରେ ହବନ କରନ୍ତି; ଅନ୍ୟ କେତେକ ଯୋଗୀ ଶବ୍ଦ ଆଦି ବିଷୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟରୂପ ଅଗ୍ନିମାନଙ୍କରେ ହବନ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• श्रोत्रादीनि: the ear etc. (sense-organs)
• श्रोत्रादीनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इन्द्रियाणि: sense-organs
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संयमाग्निषु: in the fires of restraint
• संयमाग्निषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• जुह्वति: offer (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शब्दादीन्: sound etc. (sense-objects)
• शब्दादीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विषयान्: objects (of senses)
• विषयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इन्द्रियाग्निषु: in the fires of the senses
• इन्द्रियाग्निषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रियाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• जुह्वति: offer (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.