^112:29 Offer in the Pranas the functions thereof: Whatever Prana has been controlled, into it they sacrifice all other Pranas; these latter become, as it were, merged in the former. Or, in another way: They control the different Pranas and unify them by the foregoing method; the senses are thus attenuated and are merged in the unified Prana, as an act of sacrifice.

All the various acts described in verses 25 to 29, as offerings of sacrifice, are only conceived as such, the study of the scriptures is regarded as an act of sacrifice, and so on.

^113:30 They go to the Eternal Brahman: in course of time, after attaining knowledge through purification of heart.

Even this world is not for the non-performer of Yajna: this means,--he that does not perform any of the Yajnas above mentioned, is not fit even for this wretched human world,--how then could he hope to gain a better world than this?

^114:32 Strewn in the store-house of the Veda: inculcated by or known through the Veda.

^115:34 Prostration before the Guru, questions and personal services to him, constitute discipleship.

Those who have realised the Truth: mere theoretical knowledge, however perfect, does not qualify a person to be a Guru: the Truth, or Brahman, must be realised, before one can claim that most elevated position.

^116:35 Which: the knowledge referred to in the preceding sloka to be learnt from the Guru.

^116:37 Excepting of course the Prarabdha, or Karma which, causing the present body, has begun to bear fruits.

^118:40 The ignorant: one who knows not the Self.

The man without Shraddha: one who has no faith in the words and teachings of his Guru.

The doubting self has &c.: One of a doubting disposition fails to enjoy this world, owing to his constantly rising suspicion about the people, and things around him, and is also full of doubt as regards the next world; so do the ignorant and the man without Shraddha.