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Chapter 4 The Yoga of Wisdom (Part 2)

  The secret of right action (Chapter 4, Verse 25-33)  श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप। सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।। śhreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ parantapa sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate Knowledge-sacrifice, O scorcher of foes, is superior to sacrifice (performed) with (material) objects. All action in its entirety, O Partha, attains its consummation in knowledge. ~ Chapter 4, Verse 33 ✥ ✥ ✥ Questioner (Q):  From verse 25 to 33 of chapter 4, Shri Krishna speaks of the following sacrifices to gods: sacrifice of self, which is the ego, Aham; sacrifice of organs of senses; sacrifice of objects of senses; sacrifice of functions of senses; sacrifice of wealth; sacrifice by austerities; sacrifice by study of scriptures; sacrifice by restraint of breath, and sacrifice of diet. What is really meant by ‘sacrifice’ or ‘yagya’, and what is really meant by ‘jnana yagya’ that Krishna says is greater than all the other sacrifices or yagya? P