A Study of the Bhagavadgita - Chapter 6.7. Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 22, 2021. 5:02.AM. Chapter 6: Sankhya – The Wisdom of Cosmic Existence - 7. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This intricate process of a yajna is not merely offering something mechanically for no purpose, but is an inwardly oriented vital action of the inward relationship between the adhyatma, the adhibuta and adhidaiva. So even in an external ritualistic homa or yajna, a universal setup is produced by the contemplation of the yajnamana, or the performer. In a passage of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the question is raised by a member of the audience in the court of Janaka who addresses Yajnavalkya: "Any offering that is made is perishable. All actions lead to results which will cease one day or the other. So all sacrifice ends in a perishable result. How would the performer of sacrifice attain immortality through sacrifice? Answer...