Bhagavad Gita 4.28

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Continuation to the listing of nine kinds of karma yOgAs

which started from slOkA - 25

 

slOkA 28

dravya-yajnAs tapO-yajnA yOga-yajnAs tathApare

svAdhyAya-jnana-yajnAs cha yatayah samshita-vratAh

 

Translation :

 

Apare - Others

yatayah - striving

samshita-vratah - with firm resolutions;

dravya-yajnAs - do the yajnAs with wealth;

tapO-yajnA - (some) do the yajnAs of tapas;

tathA - and also

yOga-yajnA - some do the yajnAs of visits to holy

places

yajnAs cha - and some do the yajnA

svAdhyAya - of studying the vEdAs

jnAna - and the meaning of the vEdAs

 

Others striving with firm resolutions do the yajnAs with

wealth; (some) do the yajnAs of tapas; and also some do

the yajnAs of visits to holy places; and some do the yajnA

of studying the vEdAs and the meaning of the vEdAs.

 

Commentary :

 

4 . Some people give gifts to deserving persons, out of wealth

justly earned.

5 . Some people undertake fasts ,as prescribed in the sAstrAs.

They undertake kricchra , chandrayana and similar fasts.

Kricchra means regulated fasting.Chandrayana means decreasing

the quantity of food during krishna pakshA and increasing the

quantity of food during sukla pakshA.

6. Some people keep on bathing in holy waters and rivers and reside

in holy places.

7. Some people keep on reciting the vEdAs daily.

8. Some others engage themselves in learning and discussing the

meanings of the vEdAs.

 

adiyEn,

balaji

 

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvaita Research Centre)