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| Gyan Karmasanyas Yoga :- SHLOK 28 | ||||
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| 28. Others are sacrificers by their wealth, sacrificers by austerity, sacrificers by Yogas, sacrificers by reading and knowledge ascetics of rigid vows.Of others, some sacrifice by way of giving away their wealth to the deserving; some by austerity ; some by Yoga, comprising such practices as Pranayama (restraint of vital airs) and Pratyahara (withdrawal of the mind from. external objects) ; some by way of repeating Vedic texts such as the RigVeda according to prescribed rules ; some by way of studying the contents of the Scriptures (sastra). | ||||
| Sri Shankaracharaya | ||||
| 28. Some perform Krichra (taking meals on alternate days and in between observing fast) and Chandrayana (fasting on Amavasya or no moon day; thereafter he increases his food by one morsel a day and on the full moon day 15 morsels he takes and again decreases the quantum till no moon day) etc.; this is Tapo Yagna (sacrifice of austerity). some study the Vedas methodically; this is Swadhyaya Yagna ( sacrifice of chanting Vedas ): Some control the breath and perform Rechaka (exhalation), Pooraka (inhalation) and Kumbhaka (retention); this is Pranayama Yagna (sacrifice of the vital force). | ||||
| Sri. Gangolli D.B | ||||
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