4.25 brahmAgnAvapare yagyam

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Chapter 4

<< Chapter 4 verse 24.5

SlOkam – Original

brahmAgnAvaparE yagyam yagyEnaivOpajuhvathi ||

word-by-word meaning

aparE – Other karma yOgis
brahmAgnau – in the fire of brahmam
yagyam – havis (offering) which is the tool for yagya
yagyEna – with the materials used in yagya
upa juhvathi Eva – are fully focussed in performing such yagya.

Simple Translation

Other karma yOgis are fully focussed in performing yagya where havis (offering) which is the tool for yagya, and other materials are poured into the fire of brahmam itself.

Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam

‘Others pour into Brahma-fire, yajña with yajña’[1. Cp: ‘Yajñena yajñam ayajanta Devāh.’ (Tait: Up°. Purusha-sūkta).]. Here, with yajña refers to the apparatus, food etc., used in the (Vedic) Sacrifices.’

Others, (karma-yogis), adopt for their practice the several yāgas[2. Yāgas are the great Sacrificial rites inculcated in the Vedas, such as aśvamedha-yāga, rāja sūya-yāga, garuda-chayana etc.] and homas[3. Homas are Sacrifices in which consecrated fire is a sine qua non in which offerings (food etc.,) are burnt.], in consonance with the ideal presented in:—

‘By Brahma-apparatus, the Brahma-oblation’ etc. (iv-24).

>> Chapter 4 verse 25.5

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