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Bhagavad Gita 4.26

श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति। शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।

śhrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye sanyamāgniṣhu juhvati śhabdādīn viṣhayānanya indriyāgniṣhu juhvati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrotra-ādīniśhrotra-ādīnisuch as the hearing process
indriyāṇiindriyāṇisenses
anyeanyeothers
sanyamasanyamarestraint
agniṣhuagniṣhuin the sacrficial fire
juhvatijuhvatisacrifice
śhabda-ādīnśhabda-ādīnsound vibration, etc
viṣhayānviṣhayānobjects of sense-gratification
anyeanyeothers
indriyaindriyaof the senses
agniṣhuagniṣhuin the fire
juhvatijuhvatisacrifice

Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and other objects of the senses as a sacrifice in the fire of the senses.

अन्य (योगीजन) श्रोत्रादिक सब इन्द्रियों को संयमरूप अग्नि में हवन करते हैं,  और अन्य (लोग) शब्दादिक विषयों को इन्द्रियरूप अग्नि में हवन करते हैं।।