Yoga Yajña and Jnana Yajña

Yoga Yajña :

Krishna has spoken about Yoga parampara (heritage of Yoga) at the beginning of this chapter. Also he indicated how it got degraded over a period of time having fallen in the hands of Apatras undeserving people. This warning applies even today, we have to take it very seriously and reverse the degradation. Various new forms like Hot Yoga, Steam Yoga, Power Yoga etc. have all cropped up with the sole purpose of branding and monopolizing this ancient tradition. Solution to overcome this cancerous growth is to join Yajña  to Yoga.

Swadhyaya Yajña  is about studying Dharma shastra and Moksha shastra.

Jnana Yajña :

Jnana Yajña  is filling one's own Mastaka (upper chamber, mind) with Jnana (Knowledge). There is one famous Sukta in Rigveda;

आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतोऽदब्धासो अपरीतास उद्भिदः ।

देवा नो यथा सदमिद्वृधे असन्नप्रायुवो रक्षितारो दिवेदिवे ॥ ऋग्वेद: सूक्तं १.८९ - १॥

which means "let the streams of Jnana come to me from all directions of the world". There is a subtle difference between Swadhyaya Yajña  and Jnana Yajña, while Swadhyaya Yajña leads to academic knowledge; Jnana Yajña leads to that knowledge which is baked in the experience, which has naturally emerged out of broadening of mind and purification of Buddhi. Ramanamaharshi and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa are examples for such Jnana Yajña. Krishna further suggests how day to day activities of life can be converted into Yajña in the following Shlokas.

अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे ।
प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥ गीता ४-२९॥

Proper breathing itself is a Yajña

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।

ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना॥गीता ४-२४॥

Proper consumption of food is also a Yajña

Upbringing of righteous progeny is literally a Yajña  for parents, the most critical project in today's society. We have discussed five types of Yajña s described by Krishna and how our day to day activities can itself be converted into Yajña in this session.

References:

•  Rig veda, https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4h