Bhagavad Gita 4.32एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे।कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे ॥
evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe
karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣhyase
Sanskrit recitation
Every act can be sacred · 4.24–4.33 · Teaching
Translation
Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them all to be born of action, and thus knowing, you shall be liberated.
Hindi translation
इस प्रकार और भी बहुत तरहके यज्ञ वेदकी वाणीमें विस्तारसे कहे गये हैं। उन सब यज्ञोंको तू कर्मजन्य जान। इस प्रकार जानकर यज्ञ करनेसे तू (कर्मबन्धनसे) मुक्त हो जायगा।
Meaning
The word Brahmanah has also been interpreted to mean In the Vedas.Various kinds of sacrifices are spread out at the mouth of Brahman, i.e., they are known from the Vedas. Know that they are born of action, because the Self is beyond action. If you realise that these actions do not concern me, they are not my actin, and I am actionless, you will surely be liberated from the bondage of Samsara by this right knowledge. (Cf.IX.27XIII.15)
After Swami Sivananda
Every act can be sacred· 4.24–4.33→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 4.24Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation…
- 4.25Some yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others, who have realized the Self,…
- 4.26Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of…
- 4.27Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital…
- 4.28Others again offer wealth, austerity, and Yoga as sacrifice, while ascetics of…
- 4.29Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the…
- 4.30Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are…
- 4.31Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal…
4.32Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them…
- 4.33Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorcher of the…
Word-by-word→
- evam
- thus
- tān
- them
- mukhe
- through the mouth
- viddhi
- know
- sarvān
- all
- jñātvā
- having known
- karma-jān
- originating from works
- vitatāḥ
- have been described
- yajñāḥ
- sacrifices
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of the Vedas
- vimokṣhyase
- you shall be liberated
- bahu-vidhāḥ
- various kinds of
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