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Chapter 4, Verse 24

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना।।4.24।।

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam. brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā.।4.24।।

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ब्रह्म-अर्पणम्
Brahman is the offering (the ladle/instrument of offering)
ब्रह्म-हविः
Brahman is the oblation (the offered substance)
ब्रह्म-अग्नौ
in the fire that is Brahman
ब्रह्मणा
by Brahman (the agent/offerer)
हुतम्
is offered/poured as oblation
ब्रह्म एव
Brahman alone
तेन
by him (the performer of such action)
गन्तव्यम्
is to be reached/attained
ब्रह्म-कर्म-समाधिना
through absorption/concentration in action that is Brahman

Commentary

24. Brahman is the offering, Brahman the oblation ; Jby Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman ; Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahman in action.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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ब्रह्म-अर्पणम्
ब्रह्म-हविः
ब्रह्म-अग्नौ
ब्रह्मणा
हुतम्
ब्रह्म एव
तेन
गन्तव्यम्
ब्रह्म-कर्म-समाधिना

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