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Въгазавад  -гўтаа АС Іт Ісі.
[Ch. 4]
Supreme. For the impersonalist, the fire altar of sacrifice is the Supreme Brahman, and the offering is the self being consumed by the fire of Brahman. The Kṛṣṇa conscious person, like Arjuna, however, sacrifices everything for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, and thus all his material possessions as well as his own self—everything—is sacrificed for Kṛṣṇa. Thus, he is the first-class  yogī ; but he does not lose his individual existence.
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श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति । 
    शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥२६॥
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati śabdādīn viṣayān anya indriyāgniṣu juhvati
śrotra-ādīni —hearing process;  indriyāṇi —senses;  anye —others;  saṁyama —of restraint;  agniṣu —in the fire;  juhvati —offers;  śabda-ādīn —sound vibration, etc.;  viṣayān —objects of sense gratification;  anye —others;  indriya —of sense organs;  agniṣu —in the fire;  juhvati —sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
Some of them sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of the controlled mind, and others sacrifice the objects of the senses, such as sound, in the fire of sacrifice.
PURPORT
The four divisions of human life, namely the  brahmacārī , the  grhastha , the  vānaprastha , and the  sannyāsī , are all meant to help men become perfect  yogīs  or transcendentalists. Since human life is not meant for our enjoying sense gratification like the animals, the four orders of human life are so arranged that one may become perfect in spiritual life. The  brahmacārīs , or students under the care of a bona fide spiritual master, control the mind by abstaining from sense gratification. They are referred to in this verse as sacrificing the hearing process and the senses in the fire of the controlled mind. A  brahmacārī  hears only words concerning Kṛṣṇa con-