Bhagavad Gita 4.26: meaning and translation
Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna: Some offer hearing and the other senses into the fires of restraint.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.26
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति ।शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥
Shrotradinindriyanyanye sanyamagnishu juhvatiShabdadinvishayananya indriyagnishu juhvati
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati |śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati ||
Our explanation Some offer hearing and the other senses into the fires of restraint. Others offer sound and the other objects of the senses into the fires of the senses.
हिंदी अर्थ कुछ लोग श्रोत्र (सुनने की शक्ति) आदि इंद्रियों को संयम रूपी अग्नि में होम करते हैं। दूसरे शब्द आदि विषयों को इंद्रिय रूपी अग्नि में होम करते हैं।
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- श्रोत्रादीनि śrotrādīni · hearing and the rest (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: śrotra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1103, col. 1 “the organ of hearing, ear, auricle”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement; a firstling, first-fruits”
- इन्द्रियाणि indriyāṇi · the senses (noun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 “faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense”
- अन्ये anye · others (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
- संयमाग्निषु saṃyamāgniṣu · into the fires of restraint (compound (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: saṃ-yama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1112, col. 1 “holding together, restraint, control, (esp.) control of the senses, self-control”; agni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 5, col. 1 “fire; sacrificial fire”
- जुह्वति juhvati · offer (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. hu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1301, col. 1 “to sacrifice (esp. pour butter into the fire), offer or present an oblation”
- शब्दादीन् śabdādīn · sound and the rest (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: śabda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1052, col. 2 “sound, noise, voice, tone, note”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement; a firstling, first-fruits”
- विषयान् viṣayān · objects of the senses (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: viṣaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 997, col. 1 “sphere (of influence or activity)”
- अन्ये anye · others (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
- इन्द्रियाग्निषु indriyāgniṣu · into the fires of the senses (compound (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 “faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense”; agni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 5, col. 1 “fire; sacrificial fire”
- जुह्वति juhvati · offer (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. hu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1301, col. 1 “to sacrifice (esp. pour butter into the fire), offer or present an oblation”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 61.
Others offer up the senses, such as the sense of hearing and others, in the fires of restraint1; others offer up the objects of sense, such as sound and so forth, into the fires of the senses2.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 61.
Others offer up the senses, such as the sense of hearing and others, in the fires of restraint1; others offer up the objects of sense, such as sound and so forth, into the fires of the senses2.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 54.
Some pour as sacrifice hearing and the other senses into the fires of concentration; some pour sound and the other objects of sense into the fires of the senses as sacrifice;
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 96.
Some again offer hearing and other senses as sacrifice in the fire of control, while others offer sound and other sense-objects as sacrifice in the fire of the senses.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 61. Bhagavad Gita 4.26.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 54. Bhagavad Gita 4.26.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 96. Bhagavad Gita 4.26.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.26
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति ।
शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥
“Others offer up the senses, such as the sense of hearing and others, in the fires of restraint; others offer up the objects of sense, such as sound and so forth, into the fires of the senses.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 61, public domain)
“Some pour as sacrifice hearing and the other senses into the fires of concentration; some pour sound and the other objects of sense into the fires of the senses as sacrifice;”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 54, public domain)
This sentence begins in 4.25. This sentence goes on in 4.27.
“Some again offer hearing and other senses as sacrifice in the fire of control, while others offer sound and other sense-objects as sacrifice in the fire of the senses.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 96, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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