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
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ब्रह्मणा
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