Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 28

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

Varieties of Sacrifices - Slokas 23-33

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 28

Kanchi Varadaraja Perumal

Dravya yagyah tapah yagyah yoga yagyah tatha apare I

Svadhyaya gyan yagyah cha yamtayah samshit vratah II sloka 28

द्रव्य यज्ञाः तपः यज्ञाः योग यज्ञाः तथा  अपरे ।

स्वाध्याय ज्ञान यज्ञाः च यम्तयः संशित व्रताः ।। श्लोक २८ 

Yet others offer wealth, austerity and yoga as sacrifice , while still others of self denial and extreme vows, offer sacred study and knowledge as sacrifice.

There are other forms of yagna suited to the sadhakas disposition and desert. Acquiring wealth by honest means and utilising it for public weal, is a form of yagna. The scrap iron is melted and recast anew. Similarly  man reforms himself through austerity or self-purgation. This is another form of yagna. Constant practice of Rajayoga or ashtanga yoga constitutes the yagna of yet others. Sacred study is superior to secular study. It requires a good deal of self-preparation. Being established in wholesome habits is the result of extreme vows. Through devoted study and reverent exposition, the divine knowledge in one increases. This is done as an act of yagna by some. That thing which a man devotedly contributes for the welfare of others multiplies in him. This is the law governing yagna.