Shloka 4.27 “Others, enlightened by knowledge, offer all sense and breath actions in the fire of selfcontrol’s yoga.” Key Teaching: Enlightened yogis offer actions in selfcontrol’s yoga through knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that enlightened yogis, through knowledge, offer all sense and breath actions in the fire of selfcontrol’s yoga. This […]

Shloka 4.26 “Some offer hearing and senses in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and sense objects in the fire of senses.” Key Teaching: Yogis sacrifice senses or sense objects through restraint or discipline. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna describes yogis who offer hearing and senses in the fire of restraint, or

Shloka 4.25 “Some yogis offer sacrifices to gods, while others offer the self as sacrifice in the fire of Brahman.” Key Teaching: Yogis perform diverse sacrifices, some to gods, others to Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that some yogis offer sacrifices to gods, while others offer the self as sacrifice in

Shloka 4.24 “The act of offering, the oblation, and the fire are Brahman; one who sees Brahman in action attains Brahman.” Key Teaching: Seeing all actions as Brahman leads to divine attainment. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the act of offering, the oblation, and the fire are Brahman, and one who

Shloka 4.22: “Content with what comes unasked, beyond dualities, free from envy, balanced in success and failure, one is not bound.” Key Teaching: Contentment and equanimity in dualities free one from bondage. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. 500Word Description: Krishna teaches that one content with what comes unasked, beyond dualities like pleasure and pain, free

Shloka 4.21 “Free from desire, with mind and selfcontrolled, renouncing possessions, one acting physically is not tainted.” Key Teaching: Desireless action with selfcontrol avoids karmic taint. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that one free from desire, with controlled mind and self, renouncing possessions, performs physical actions without karmic taint. This verse, continuing

Shloka 4.20 “Abandoning attachment to action’s fruits, ever content and independent, such a person, though acting, does not act.” Key Teaching: The wise, unattached to results, act without being bound. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. 500Word Description: Krishna teaches that one who abandons attachment to action’s fruits, remaining content and independent, does not truly act,

Shloka 4.19 “One whose endeavors are free from desire and selfish intent, actions burned by knowledge’s fire, is called wise.” Key Teaching: The wise act without desire, their actions purified by knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna describes the wise as those whose endeavors lack desire and selfish intent, their actions purified by

Shloka 4.18: “One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is wise, disciplined in all actions.” Key Teaching: True wisdom sees inaction in action and action in inaction. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the wise see inaction in action (selfless action) and action in inaction (restrained senses), remaining disciplined