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Srimad Bhagavad GitaCha ter 4Cha ter 4

Professor B Mahadevan

January 17, 2011

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Relevance of GitaSubtler concepts pertaining to Yajna

Practising Yajna is well beyond the normal

ritualistic part that we are used to

Observing the ritualistic aspects in some detail

B Mahadevan, IIM Bangalore

There are multiple ways we need to practice

Yajna in our life

It is a way of life that prepares an individual tohigher planes of existence

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Sacrifice as a ritualSignificance

Yajna

Medium (AiAiAiAi)Doer (ktaRktaRktaRktaR)


Offering (vStuvStuvStuvStu)Receiver (devtadevtadevtadevta)Effect

-Sm>(total annihilation), melting awayGiving away, parting off (n mm)Developing a sense of detachment over time

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Relevance of GitaAction leads to Knowledge

Performing everything with y} -av>completely liberates us from (absolves us of)all sins


leads to knowledge

Making special efforts to acquire knowledge is

a worthwhile exercise

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, ctuwaeR=Xyay>,, ctuwaeR=Xyay>,, ctuwaeR=Xyay>,, ctuwaeR=Xyay>,

}an}an}an}an-kmRkmRkmRkmR-ssss

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Slokas 29 - 30Different types of Yajna

Apane juit a[< a[e=pan< twa=pre,a[apangtI va a[ayampray[a>. 4.29.Some offer outgoing breath as sacrifice to incoming


between they practice pranayama

Apre inytahara> a[aNa[e;u juit,

sveR=Pyete y}ivd> y}]iptkLm;a>. 4.30.With proper food habits sacrifice pranas into

pranas. By knowledge of Yajna they obliterate their

sins through Yajna

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y}]iptkLm;a>Why does it happen? Everything is Brahman, including offering, process

etc. (4.24) Senses, sense organs, sense objects are all offered in

Yajna (4.26)


ct ons o sense organs, pranas o ere n t e a nakindled by spiritual knowledge (4.27)

Five different types of Yajnas are offered with self-restraint (4.28)

Breath control, Food habits are all done in the spiritof Yajna (4.29 4.30)

Spirit of Yajna is to give Not mine, Not mine, Detachment

From a mere act of pouring ghee, how far we have gone in understanding Yajna concept!

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Slokas 31 32Practising Yajna thro work leads to immortality

y}izam&t-uj> yaiNt snatnm!,

nay< laekae=STyy}Sy ktae=Ny> ksm. 4.31.What remains after Yajna is Immortality; they reach

Brahman Even this world is not for those who dont


perform Yajana, where is the other world?

@v< bivxa y}a> ivtta [ae muoe,kmRjaiNvi taNsvaRn!@v< }aTva ivmaeyse. 4.32.All these types of Yajnas are from the Vedas; Know

them to be born out of work, knowing which one

can be liberated

Emphasis is in

practising thro actions

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Slokas 33 - 34Knowledge Yajna is superior

eyaNVymya*}at! }any}> pr. 4.34.Acquire this knowledge by prostrating, repeated

questioning (spirit of enquiry) and service. The

realized souls will (then) impart this to you.

Vivekachoodamani 34

42 deals with this in detail

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Why }ainnStvdizRn> ? Vivekachoodamani

Atae ivcar> ktRVy> ij}asaeraTmvStun>, smasa* dyaisNxu< guru< ivduTtmm!. (15)

tt!iv}anawR< s gurumevai-gCDet!simtpai[> aeiy,

AnNyaee gitr naiSt A[Iyan!tKyRm[uma[at!. Paninis Sutras - Guru annuls concealment of truth Gu means concealment; Ru means annulment

guzBdStu ANxkarSyat!ruzBdStiNnraedk>,ANxkarinraeidTvat!guruirTyi-dIyte.

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Slokas 35 - 36Knowledge is inevitable in attaining liberation

yJ}aTva n punmaeRh< @v< yaSyis pa{fv,yen -UtaNyze;e[ ySyaTmNywae miy. 4.35.Knowledge ensures that you are not deluded again.

Knowledge takes you

to oneness@kbhuxa vdiNt.


ou w e a e to see t e creat on n you an me.Aip cedis pape_y> sveR_y> papkm>,sv }anPlvenEv v&ijn< s

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Everything ultimately leads to

Knowledge

Vivekachoodamani on Knowledge Karma merely

purifies your mindicTtSy zuye kmR n tu vStUplBxye,vStuisiivRcare[ n ik. (11)


Katha Upanishad As long as you see the world of

separatedness, you go into cycles of birth - death

mnsEved< AaPtVy< neh nanaiSt ik s m&Tyu< gCDit y #h nanev pZyit.

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