Chapter IV · Śloka 25
दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते |
ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ||
daivam evāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate |
brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati ||
Some yogis offer sacrifice to the gods alone; others offer the sacrifice itself as sacrifice into the fire of Brahman.
Krishna opens an enumeration of many forms of sacrifice, showing that every sincere discipline — whether ritual, meditative, or philosophical — is a legitimate path. The diversity of approaches points to the one destination.