Yajña
यज्ञपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculine) · √यज् धातु (yaj — to worship, offer) + न प्रत्यय
yajña
Practices and Paths
Ritual offering — any action performed as an offering to Īśvara
Yajña originally refers to a Vedic fire offering. In the Bhagavad Gītā, Kṛṣṇa expands the concept: every action can be a yajña when performed with the right attitude. Study is jñāna-yajña, breath control is prāṇa-yajña, sense discipline is indriya-yajña. The Gītā (3.9) teaches that all action done as yajña does not create bondage (bandha). Yajña is the essence of karma yoga.
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