Shloka 13
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
स्पर्शेन स्पृश्यते यच्च घ्राणेन प्रायते च यत् । मन:षष्ठानि संयम्य हवींष्येतानि सर्वश:
sparśena spṛśyate yac ca ghrāṇena prāyate ca yat | manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni saṁyamya havīṁṣy etāni sarvaśaḥ ||
ਜੋ ਛੂਹ ਨਾਲ ਛੂਹਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਘ੍ਰਾਣ ਨਾਲ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਮਨ ਸਮੇਤ ਛੇ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਯਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ, ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਹਵਿ ਵਾਂਗ ਅਰਪਣ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches inner discipline: control the mind together with the senses, and treat sensory experiences (touch, smell, etc.) as offerings—i.e., relinquish attachment and redirect perception toward a higher, ethical-spiritual aim.
A Brāhmaṇa is instructing about an inward form of sacrifice: instead of merely external ritual acts, one performs a ‘yajña’ through restraint of the mind-and-senses, offering up sensory engagements as oblations.