# BHG4-Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga

By [Prabhat Kumar](https://dylit.info/user/prabhatdylit6)

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Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 4 – Jnana (Gyan)-Karma-Sannyasa Yoga  Sri Bhagawan Uvaca: Nirgun brahman and Sagun brahman. Both are beyond three Gunnas. When Bhagawan Shri Krishna came on this earth, He is controlling Gunnas and we can say He is Sakaar. Verse 31 Yagya (Havan) – positive action dedicated for others’ benefit. The one who does not perform yagya, he is limited to his own area of action. The spiritual journey begins when you perform actions without any personal agenda. It has immediate positive effect on the mind of a person. Verse 32 There are many kinds of yagya performed without “Iness” for the benefits of others. Then you reach brahman (moksha). Once you become brahman or merged with brahman, you are not affected by the activities of mind, yet engaged in daily activities of life without “Iness”. Verse 33 When we discuss things: we have some level of “Iness”. When we attach Shradha, then we talk about Jnana (Gyan) Yagya and your attitude becomes pleasant. Verse 34 The new knowledge will come when you have space in your mind in the path of spiritual journey. Verse 35 Bhagawan is saying that once you reach that level of spiritual knowledge, then you will see that all living beings are in Me. When you are between the stages of knowing and being, then you are still in Adwait stage. Hindu philosophy is based on a seeker who continues to strive for more answers till he/she reaches brahman. Verse 36 The fundamentally everyone knows that I should not be hurt, nothing should be stolen from me. Whenever this (hurt/stealing of an asset) happens, we call it an act of sin. When we talk about budhi, then people define the sin based on a belief system. Now you are at a lower level. When you are on a spiritual path, you slowly reach brahman with this knowledge about your True-Self/Inner Divinity. This Jnana (Gyan) is available to you all the time. Sense of fulfilment comes when you give in the external world. Verse 37 O Arjuna, the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes like a kindled fire reduces wood to ashes. As you start committing acts of dharma, your punya karma start growing. Verse 38 Whenever you start removing falsified identifications you start reaching your True Self. When you start removing impurity using spiritual tools (Chitta Shudhi), then you start realizing your true identity – moving from understanding to knowing through yagya-karma. Eventually your inner divinity is revealed like sun is revealed when cloud disappears.