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 ||
O Brāhmaṇa disse: “Tudo o que é apreendido pelo tato e tudo o que é percebido pelo olfato—tendo refreado as seis faculdades que começam com a mente, deve-se oferecer tudo isso inteiramente como oblações.”
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.