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Verse 4·25

The sacrifice into the Self alone

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दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ।ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ॥

daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsatebrahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati

Some Yogins follow after the sacrifice which is of the gods; others offer the sacrifice by the sacrifice itself into the Brahman-fire.

Gītā 4·25

The former conceive of the Divine in various forms and powers and seek him by various means, ordinances, … settled rites of action, self-discipline, consecrated works; for the latter, those who already know, the simple fact of sacrifice, of offering whatever work to the Divine itself, of casting all their activities into the unified divine consciousness and energy, is their one means, their one dharma.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 121

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