द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे | स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः ||४-२८||
dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare . svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ ||4-28||
- dravya-yajñāḥ
- sacrificing one’s possessions
- tapaḥ-yajñāḥ
- sacrifice in austerities
- yoga-yajñāḥ
- sacrifice in eightfold mysticism
- tathā
- thus
- apare
- others
- svādhyāya
- sacrifice in the study of the Vedas
- jñāna-yajñāḥ
- sacrifice in advancement of transcendental knowledge
- ca
- also
- yatayaḥ
- enlightened persons
- saṁśita-vratāḥ
- taken to strict vows
Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by practicing the yoga of eightfold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance in transcendental knowledge.