Bhagavad Gita 3.15कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्।तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣhara-samudbhavam
tasmāt sarva-gataṁ brahma nityaṁ yajñe pratiṣhṭhitam
Sanskrit recitation
Work as offering · 3.10–3.16 · Teaching
Translation
Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the all-pervasive Brahma ever rests in sacrifice.
Hindi translation
।।3.14 -- 3.15।। सम्पूर्ण प्राणी अन्नसे उत्पन्न होते हैं। अन्न वर्षासे होती है। वर्षा यज्ञसे होती है। यज्ञ कर्मोंसे निष्पन्न होता है। कर्मोंको तू वेदसे उत्पन्न जान और वेदको अक्षरब्रह्मसे प्रकट हुआ जान। इसलिये वह सर्वव्यापी परमात्मा यज्ञ (कर्तव्य-कर्म) में नित्य प्रतिष्ठित है।
Meaning
Brahma may mean Veda. Just as the breath comes out of a man, so also the Veda is the breath of the Imperishable or the Omniscient. The Veda ever rests in the sacrifice, i.e., it deals chiefly with sacrifices and the ways of their performance. (Cf.IV.24 to 32).Karma Action, Brahmodbhavam arisen from the injunctions of the Vedas.
After Swami Sivananda
Work as offering· 3.10–3.16→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 3.10The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, "By…
- 3.11With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you; thus, nourishing each other,…
- 3.12The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he who enjoys…
- 3.13The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice are freed from all sins; but those…
- 3.14From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and…
3.15Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the…
- 3.16He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejoicing in…
Word-by-word→
- karma
- duties
- brahma
- The Lord
- nityam
- eternally
- viddhi
- you should know
- yajñe
- in sacrifice
- tasmāt
- therefore
- udbhavam
- manifested
- akṣhara
- from the Imperishable (God)
- samudbhavam
- directly manifested
- sarva-gatam
- all-pervading
- pratiṣhṭhitam
- established
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