Bhagavad Gita 4.27: meaning and translation
Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna: Others offer all the workings of the senses and of the life-breath (prāṇa) into the fire of self-control, kindled by knowledge.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.27
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे ।आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥
Sarvanindriyakarmani pranakarmani chapareAtmasanyamayogagnau juhvati jnanadipite
sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare |ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite ||
Our explanation Others offer all the workings of the senses and of the life-breath (prāṇa) into the fire of self-control, kindled by knowledge.
हिंदी अर्थ दूसरे सब इंद्रियों के कर्मों और प्राणों के कर्मों को ज्ञान से जलाई गई आत्मसंयम रूपी योग-अग्नि में होम करते हैं।
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- सर्वाणि sarvāṇi · all (pronoun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- इन्द्रियकर्माणि indriyakarmāṇi · workings of the senses (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 “faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense”; karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
- प्राणकर्माणि prāṇakarmāṇi · workings of the life-breath (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: prāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 705, col. 1 “the breath of life, breath, respiration, spirit, vitality”; karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- अपरे apare · others (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. apara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 50, col. 3 “other, another”
- आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau · into the fire of self-control (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: ātma-saṃyama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 3 “self-restraint”; yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 2 “the act of yoking, joining, attaching”; 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”
- ज्ञानदीपिते jñānadīpite · kindled by knowledge (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”; dīpita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 2 “set on fire, inflamed, excited, illuminated”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 61.
Some again offer up all the operations of the senses and the operations of the life-breaths into the fire of devotion by self-restraint1, kindled by knowledge.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Stopping the bodily operations mentioned, and engaging in contemplation. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 61.
Some again offer up all the operations of the senses and the operations of the life-breaths into the fire of devotion by self-restraint1, kindled by knowledge.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Stopping the bodily operations mentioned, and engaging in contemplation. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 54.
Others again into the wisdom-kindled fires of concentration in, and union with, the SELF, pour as sacrifice all the functions of the senses and the functions of life;
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 97.
Some again offer all the actions of the senses and the functions of the vital energy, as sacrifice in the fire of control in self, kindled by knowledge.
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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 4.27.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 54. Bhagavad Gita 4.27.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 97. Bhagavad Gita 4.27.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.27
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे ।
आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥
“Some again offer up all the operations of the senses and the operations of the life-breaths into the fire of devotion by self-restraint, kindled by knowledge.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 61, public domain)
“Others again into the wisdom-kindled fires of concentration in, and union with, the SELF, pour as sacrifice all the functions of the senses and the functions of life;”
(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 4.28.
“Some again offer all the actions of the senses and the functions of the vital energy, as sacrifice in the fire of control in self, kindled by knowledge.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 97, 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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- October 27, 2026