दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते।
ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति।।4.25।।
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।
शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।
आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते।।4.27।।
द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे।
स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः।।4.28।।
अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे।
प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः।।4.29।।
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।
सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।4.30।।
Other yogis undertake sacrifice to gods alone, while others offer the Self as a sacrifice by themselves, in the fire of Brahman.
Others offer their organs, such as their ears, etc., in the fires of self-control. Others offer the objects, such as sound, etc., in the fires of their organs.
Others offer all the activities of the organs and the activities of the vital force into the fire of the yoga of self-control, lit by Knowledge.
Similarly, others are performers of sacrifices through wealth, through austerity, through yoga, and through study and knowledge; others are ascetics with severe vows.
Constantly practicing control of the vital forces by stopping the movements of the outgoing and incoming breaths, some offer as a sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming breath; while still others, the incoming breath into the outgoing breath.
Others, having their food regulated, offer the vital forces in the vital forces. All of them are knowers of the sacrifice and have their sins destroyed by the sacrifice.
Osho’s Commentary
Krishna now speaks of the many forms of yajna, of sacrifice. He is showing that the path to the divine is not a narrow, single lane. It is a vast landscape with many paths. Some worship the gods through ritual and offering. This is the path of the devotee. Some offer the sacrifice itself into the fire of Brahman. This is the path of the wise, the jnani, who sees the divine in all. Some offer their senses—hearing, sight, touch—into the fire of self-control. This is the path of the ascetic. Some offer the objects of the senses—sound, form, sensation—into the fire of the senses, enjoying them but remaining unattached. This is the path of the Tantric. Some offer all the functions of their senses and their life-breath into the fire of the yoga of self-control, kindled by knowledge. Some offer their wealth, some their austerities, some their study of scriptures. Some offer their very breath, practicing pranayama, the control of life-force. Do you see the variety? All these are different doors to the same temple. The form of the sacrifice is not what is essential. What is essential is the spirit of offering, the act of letting go of the ego. Whether you offer your wealth, your senses, your breath, or your knowledge, the real offering is always the ‘I’. When the ‘I’ is offered into the fire, whatever path you walk becomes the path to God.