Chapter 3, Verse 15
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्। तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्।।3.15।।
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam. tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam..3.15..
Word by word
- कर्म
- action/ritual action
- ब्रह्मोद्भवं
- arising from Brahman (the Veda)
- विद्धि
- know (imperative)
- ब्रह्म
- Brahman
- अक्षरसमुद्भवम्
- arising from the Imperishable
- तस्मात्
- therefore
- सर्वगतं
- all-pervading
- ब्रह्म
- Brahman
- नित्यं
- eternally/always
- यज्ञे
- in sacrifice
- प्रतिष्ठितम्
- established/grounded
Commentary
14-15. From food creatures come forth; the production of food is from rain ; rain comes forth from sacrifice ; sacrifice is born of action ; know thou that action comes from Brahman, and that Brahman comes from the Imperishable. There- fore, the all-pervading Brahman ever rests in sacrifice.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 14-15 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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