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Verse 4·26

Others sacrifice the senses into the senses

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श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति ।शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvatiśabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati

Some offer hearing and the other senses into the fires of control, others offer sound and the other objects of sense into the fires of sense.

Gītā 4·26

The means of sacrifice are various; the offerings are of many kinds. There is the psychological sacrifice of self-control and self-discipline which leads to the higher self-possession and self-knowledge.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 121

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