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Bhagavad Gita 4.27

सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे। आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते।।

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi chāpare ātma-sanyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sarvāṇisarvāṇiall
indriyaindriyathe senses
karmāṇikarmāṇifunctions
prāṇa-karmāṇiprāṇa-karmāṇifunctions of the life breath
chachaand
apareapareothers
ātma-sanyama yogāgnauātma-sanyama yogāgnauin the fire of the controlled mind
juhvatijuhvatisacrifice
jñāna-dīpitejñāna-dīpitekindled by knowledge

Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital energy, or Prana) in the fire of the Yoga of self-restraint, kindled by knowledge.

दूसरे (योगीजन) सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियों के तथा प्राणों के कर्मों को ज्ञान से प्रकाशित आत्मसंयमयोगरूप अग्नि में हवन करते हैं।।