Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

4.30

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati sarve.apyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
Others, who (take) limited food, offer up the life-breaths into the life-breaths. All of these, conversant with the sacrifice, have their sins destroyed by the sacrifice.

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।4.30।। अपरे नियताहाराः नियतः परिमितः आहारः येषां ते नियताहाराः सन्तः प्राणान् वायुभेदान् प्राणेषु एव जुह्वति यस्य यस्य वायोः जयः क्रियते इतरान् वायुभेदान् तस्मिन् तस्मिन् जुह्वति ते तत्र प्रविष्टा इव भवन्ति। सर्वेऽपि एते यज्ञविदः यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः यज्ञैः यथोक्तैः क्षपितः नाशितः कल्मषो येषां ते यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।एवं यथोक्तान् यज्ञान् निर्वर्त्य

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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4.29 - 4.30 Other Karma Yogins are devoted to the practice of breath control. They are of three types because of the differences in inhalation, exhalation and stoppage of breath. Puraka (inhalation) is that in which the inward breath is sacrificed in the outward breath. Recaka (exhalation) is that when the outward breath is sacrificed in the inward breath. Kumbhaka (stoppage of breath) is that when the flow of both inward and outward breaths is stopped. The clause, restricting of diet, applies to all the three types of persons devoted to the control of breath. All these, according to their liking and capacity are engaged in performing the various kinds of Karma Yoga beginning from the sacrifice of material objects to the control of breath. They know and are devoted to sacrifices comprising obligatory and occasional rituals preceded by the performance of 'the great sacrifices' (Panca-Maha-Yajna), as alluded to in 'Creating men along with the sacrifices' (3.10). Because of this only, their sins are done away with. Those who are engaged in Karma Yoga by sustaining their bodies only by the ambrosia of sacrificial remains will go to the eternal Brahman. 'Go to Brahman' here means realise the self which has Brahman for Its soul.

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Swami Sivananda

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4.30 अपरे other persons? नियताहाराः of regulated food? प्राणान् lifreaths? प्राणेषु in the lifreaths? जुह्वति sacrifice? सर्वे all? अपि also? एते these? यज्ञविदः knowers of sacrifice? यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः whose sins are destroyed by sacrifice.Commentary Niyataharah means persons of regulated or limited food. They take moderate food. By rigid dieting they control the passions and appetites by weakening the functions of the organs of action.Yogis pour the lifreaths as sacrifice in the controlled lifreath. The former becomes merged in the latter.Performance of the above sacrifice leads to the purification of the mind and destruction of sins.

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