Shrotradinindriyanyanye

Two more kinds of yajna are described. Some seekers pour their senses — hearing, sight, touch — into the fire of self-restraint. They deliberately hold back sensory engagement as a spiritual discipline. Others do the opposite: they pour sense-objects — sound, form, texture — into the fire of the senses, making their very experience a form of offering. For them, mindful engagement is the discipline.

Both are valid forms of practice. Restraint is one path; conscious, dedicated engagement is another. Krishna honors each as a form of yajna, acknowledging that different temperaments find different doorways into spiritual life.

This is the second shloka in the yajna catalogue (4.25-4.30). Krishna treats diverse sadhana paths as forms of yajna, dignifying each.

The next shloka (4.27) describes those who offer all sense-activities and prana-activities into the fire of self-control ignited by knowledge.