Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 4, Verse 26
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Verse 26
The Yoga of Knowledge and Action
Some [who are engaged in the path of self-realization] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of the controlled mind, and others sacrifice the objects of the senses, such as sound, in the fire of sacrifice.
Context & Meaning
Some yogis offer the senses themselves into the fire of self-restraint; others offer the sense-objects into the fire of the senses — treating every sensory experience as a sacrifice.