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Chapter 10.18 - Verse 5

Sanskrit Text

लोकयज्ञः क्रियायज्ञो गृहयज्ञः सनातनः पञ्चभूतमयो यज्ञो नृयज्ञश्चैव पञ्चमः

English Translation

There are four sorts of Sacrifices, viz. the Loka-Sacrifice, the Sacrifice of especial rites, the eternal domestic Sacrifice, and the Sacrifice consisting in the gratification of man from his enjoyment of the five elemental substances and their compounds. From these four sorts of Sacrifice that the universe had emanated.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

लोक + यज्ञ | क्रिया + यज्ञ | गृह + यज्ञ | सनातनः
पञ्चभूत + मय | यज्ञो | नृयज्ञश् | च + एव | पञ्चमः