दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ।ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ॥
daivam evāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate |brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati ||
- दैवम् · daivam
- to the gods
- एव · eva
- only
- अपरे · apare
- others
- यज्ञम् · yajñam
- sacrifice
- योगिनः · yoginaḥ
- the yogins
- पर्युपासते · paryupāsate
- practice, devote themselves to
- ब्रह्माग्नौ · brahmāgnau
- in the fire of Brahman
- यज्ञेन · yajñena
- by sacrifice itself
- उपजुह्वति · upajuhvati
- they offer
“Some yogins devote themselves to sacrifice made to the gods, while others offer sacrifice by sacrifice itself into the fire of Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
A catalogue of sacrifices begins: theistic ritual on one side, the jñānin's self-offering of the act of sacrificing itself on the other. Both count as yajña — the Gita honors graded practice. The list widens through verse 30.
— Reader's notes (original)