SYNONYMS

dravya-yajnah–sacrificing one’s possessions; tapah-yajnah–sacrifice in austerities; yoga-yajnah–sacrifice in eightfold mysticism; tatha–thus; apare–others; svadhyaya–sacrifice in the study of the Vedas; jnana-yajnah–sacrifice in advancement of transcendental knowledge; ca–also; yatayah–enlightened; samsita–taken to strict; vratah–vows.

TRANSLATION

There are others who, enlightened by sacrificing their material possessions in severe austerities, take strict vows and practice the yoga of eightfold mysticism, and others study the Vedas for the advancement of transcendental knowledge.