Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingTranslation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThus, various kinds of sacrifices are spread at the mouth of the Vedas. Know them all to be born of action. Knowing this, you will become liberated.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
ऐसे अनेक प्रकार के यज्ञों का ब्रह्मा के मुख अर्थात् वेदों में प्रसार है अर्थात् वर्णित हैं। उन सब को कर्मों से उत्पन्न हुए जानो; इस प्रकार जानकर तुम मुक्त हो जाओगे।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from VaamshiiWord by word
padārthaMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnAKṛṣṇa lists them like rungs of a ladder. Some offer the senses into the fire of restraint; some offer the sense-objects into the fire of the senses; some offer all the functions of the senses and the breath into the fire of self-control kindled by knowledge. Some sacrifice with wealth, some by austerity, some by yoga; some by the study of scripture and by knowledge (svādhyāya-jñāna-yajña); some by the disciplined regulation of the in-breath and out-breath (prāṇāyāma); some by moderating their food. Every one of these is a genuine offering. But the conclusion (4.33) is decisive: the sacrifice of Knowledge (jñāna-yajña) is greater than any sacrifice of things, “for all action, without exception, culminates in Knowledge.” The material offerings purify; Knowledge liberates.