On Shrimad Bhagwad Gita: The secret of right action

Acharya Prashant
6 min readSep 30, 2020

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।। 4.33 ।।

śhreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ parantapa

sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate

Knowledge-sacrifice, O scorcher of foes, is superior to sacrifice (performed) with (material) objects. All action in its entirety, O Partha, attains its consummation in knowledge.

~ Shrimad Bhagwad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 33.

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Question: From verse 25 to 33 of Chapter 4, Shri Krishna speaks of the following sacrifices to gods: the sacrifice of self, which is the ego, Aham; the sacrifice of organs of senses; the sacrifice of objects of senses; the sacrifice of functions of senses; the sacrifice of wealth; sacrifice by austerities; sacrifice by the study of scriptures; sacrifice by restraint of breath, and sacrifice of diet.

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