“यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि does it mean?
Yagya is the offering we make to the Divine. There are three things here, the state of consciousness in which something is being offered, the fruit for which it is being offered and, the actual offering itself. If the Japa (the offering itself) is done in a glad state full of devotion and surrender, and with the desire for no other fruit except the nearness or closeness with the Divine or the Deity for whom the Japa is being done then the Japa becomes a yagya. Then the Japa becomes an instrument or a means for pouring the heart and mind and will to the Divine thereby intensifying the inner flame of aspiration. Otherwise it is merely a mechanical repetition like the pouring of water into the fire that only dulls it.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
