आत्मसंयमनेऽनीहा जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥९॥
eke karmamayÄn yajñÄn
jñÄnino yajña-vittamÄḥ
Ätma-saá¹yamane 'nÄ«hÄ
juhvati jñÄna-dÄ«pite
eke - some; karma-mayÄn - resulting in a reaction (such as the killing of animals); yajñÄn - sacrifices; jñÄninaḥ - persons advanced in knowledge; yajña-vit-tamÄḥ - who know perfectly well the purpose of sacrifice; Ätma-saá¹yamane - by self-control; anÄ«hÄḥ - who are without material desires; juhvati - execute sacrifice; jñÄna-dÄ«pite - enlightened in perfect knowledge.
Because of an awakening of spiritual knowledge, those who are intelligent in regard to sacrifice, who are actually aware of religious principles and who are free from material desires, control the self in the fire of spiritual knowledge, or knowledge of the Absolute Truth. They may give up the process of ritualistic ceremonies.
People are generally very much interested in karma-kÄṇá¸a ritualistic ceremonies for elevation to the higher planetary systems, but when one awakens his spiritual knowledge, he becomes uninterested in such elevation and engages himself fully in jñÄna-yajña to find the objective of life. The objective of life is to stop completely the miseries of birth and death and to return home, back to Godhead. When one cultivates knowledge for this purpose, he is considered to be on a higher platform than one who is engaged in karma-yajña, or fruitive activities.
