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यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न तयाज्यं कार्यम एव तत
यज्ञॊ दानं तपश चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम


yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma
na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat
yajño dānaṁ tapaś caiva
pāvanāni manīṣiṇām

WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA

yajñaof sacrifice
dānacharity
tapaḥand penance
karmaactivity
nanever
tyājyamto be given up
kāryammust be done
evacertainly
tatthat
yajñaḥsacrifice
dānamcharity
tapaḥpenance
caalso
evacertainly
pāvanānipurifying
manīṣiṇāmeven for the great souls

TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO

Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls.


PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO

The yogīs should perform acts for the advancement of human society. There are many purificatory processes for advancing a human being to spiritual life. The marriage ceremony, for example, is considered to be one of these sacrifices. It is called vivāha-yajña. Should a sannyāsī, who is in the renounced order of life and who has given up his family relations, encourage the marriage ceremony? The Lord says here that any sacrifice which is meant for human welfare should never be given up. Vivāha-yajña, the marriage ceremony, is meant to regulate the human mind so that it may become peaceful for spiritual advancement. For most men, this vivāha-yajña should be encouraged even by persons in the renounced order of life. Sannyāsīs should never associate with women, but that does not mean that one who is in the lower stages of life, a young man, should not accept a wife in the marriage ceremony. All prescribed sacrifices are meant for achieving the Supreme Lord. Therefore, in the lower stages, they should not be given up. Similarly, charity is for the purification of the heart. If charity is given to suitable persons, as described previously, it leads one to advanced spiritual life.



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