Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Yajna

यज्ञ · yajña

sacrifice; offering

Originally the Vedic fire ritual, in which offerings are given to the gods who sustain the world. The Gita widens it to any act done as an offering and not for oneself. Work done as sacrifice does not bind. Chapter 4 lists many kinds, of wealth, discipline, breath and study, and ranks the sacrifice of knowledge highest.

Appears in

Bhagavad Gita 3.9 · Bhagavad Gita 3.14 · Bhagavad Gita 4.24 · Bhagavad Gita 4.33