Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 25

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

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1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 25

Dwarakadish

Daivam eva pare yagnam yoginah paryupasate I

Brahma agnau apare yagnam yagyena eva upa juhvati II sloka 25

दैवं एव अपरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ।

ब्रह्म् अग्नौ अपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेन एव उप जुहवति ।। श्लोक २५ 

Some yogis perform sacrifices to Devas alone, while others offer the self as sacrifice  by the self verily in the fire of Brahman.

The devas and devis such as Ganesha, Subrahmanya, Ganga, Parvati, Saraswati are all facets of the brahman. The senses are also called devas because of their  benign function.  Sublimation of the senses is the sacrifice that certain sadhakas perform devoutly. Jivatman  or the individual self is also termed yajna.  Sacrifice, therefore, of the self, by the self is to dedicate oneself to iswara. It is surrendering the individual consciousness to the cosmic consciousness, even as the river re-enters the sea. Crucifying the ego, the apparent man becoming the real man - these are the other ways of expressing the same spiritual fact. This solemn act is verily jnana-yagna.