Devanagari
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति ।
शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥ २६ ॥
Verse text
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye
saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati
śabdādīn viṣayān anya
indriyāgniṣu juhvati
Synonyms
śrotra-ādīni
—
such as the hearing process
;
indriyāṇi
—
senses
;
anye
—
others
;
saṁyama
—
of restraint
;
agniṣu
—
in the fires
;
juhvati
—
offer
;
śabda-ādīn
—
sound vibration, etc.
;
viṣayān
—
objects of sense gratification
;
anye
—
others
;
indriya
—
of the sense organs
;
agniṣu
—
in the fires
;
juhvati
—
they sacrifice.
Translation
Some [the unadulterated brahmacārīs] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of mental control, and others [the regulated householders] sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
26. The naiṣṭhikī brahmacārīs offer the senses into the controlled mind. Other brahmacārīs offer the sense objects into the fire of the senses.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
26. The naiṣṭikī brahmacāris offer the senses into control of the senses. The householders offer the sense objects into the fire of the senses.
Purport
The members of the four divisions of human life, namely the brahmacārī, the gṛhastha, the vānaprastha and the sannyāsī, are all meant to 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. A brahmacārī hears only words concerning Kṛṣṇa consciousness; hearing is the basic principle for understanding, and therefore the pure brahmacārī engages fully in harer nāmānukīrtanam – chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord. He restrains himself from the vibrations of material sounds, and his hearing is engaged in the transcendental sound vibration of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, the householders, who have some license for sense gratification, perform such acts with great restraint. Sex life, intoxication and meat-eating are general tendencies of human society, but a regulated householder does not indulge in unrestricted sex life and other sense gratification. Marriage on the principles of religious life is therefore current in all civilized human society because that is the way for restricted sex life. This restricted, unattached sex life is also a kind of yajṣa because the restricted householder sacrifices his general tendency toward sense gratification for higher, transcendental life.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Others, naiṣṭḥikī brahmacārīs, offer the senses such as ear into the fire of the controlled mind. This means that the senses completely disappear in the pure mind. [Note: This means that the senses stop functioning in relation to external objects, turning inward when the mind attains samādhi.] Others, less controlled brahmacārīs, offer the sense objects such as sound into fires of the senses. The sense objects disappear in the senses. [Note: This means that the senses contact sense objects, but remain detached.]
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
Others, naiṣṭhika-brahmacāris, offer the senses such as the ear into the fires of processes for controlling each sense. Stopping the senses, they are recognized as preeminent practioners of sense control. Others, the householders, offer the sense objects such as sound into the senses such as the ear which is regarded as a fire. they absorb themselves in this practice of experiencing the sense objects without attachment.
Surrender Unto Me
In his Purport, Srila Prabhupada gives interesting details:
"The members of the four divisions of human life, namely the brahmacari, the grhastha, the vanaprastha and the sannyasi, are all meant to become perfect yogis 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 brahmacaris, or students under the care of a bona fide spiritual master, control the mind by abstaining from sense gratification. A brahmacari hears only words concerning Krsna consciousness; hearing is the basic principle for understanding, and therefore the pure brahmacari engages fully in namanukirtanam‑‑chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord. He restrains himself from the vibrations of material sounds, and his hearing is engaged in the transcendental sound vibrati Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Similarly, the householders, who have some license for sense gratification, perform such acts with great restraint. Sex life, intoxication and meat‑eating are general tendencies of human society, but a regulated householder does not indulge in unrestricted sex life and other sense gratification. Marriage on the principles of religious life is therefore current in all civilized human society because th the way for restricted sex life. This restricted, unattache life is also a kind of yajna because the restricted householder sacrifices his general tendency toward sense gratification for higher, transcendental life."