Bhagavad Gita 4.24

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter IV

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BrahmArpanam brahma havir brahmagnau brahmanA hutam

brahmaiva tena gantavyam brahma-karma-samAdhinA

 

Translation:

brahma havir - The havis which is Brahman

hutam - is offered

brahmanA - by the doer who is Brahman,

brahmArpanam - with the instrument which is Brahman

brahmagnau - in to the fire which is Brahman.

tena - By him,

brahma-karma-samAdhinA - who meditates as above on all

the works ( having Brahman for

the soul),

brahma eva - the jivAtmA only( having Brahman as

the soul)

gantavyam - is to be attained.

 

The havis which is Brahman is offered by the doer who

is Brahman, with the instrument which is Brahman , into

the fire which is Brahman. By him who meditates as above

on all the works (having Brahman as the soul), the jivAtmA

only ( having Brahman as the soul) is to be attained.

 

Commentary : A person should realise that everything connected

with yajnA is Brahman,i.e, has Brahman as the soul. The materials

used in yajnA are Brahman. The havis(offering) in the form of

ghee or cooked rice is also Brahman. The sacred fire in the

yajnA is also Brahman. The person who offers the havis or does

the yajnA is also Brahman. All the above have Brahman as the

soul.

A person, who understands the above; and who meditates

on the Brahman, as being the soul of everything; realises the

true nature of the soul, which has the Brahman as its inner soul.

In other words, by doing karmA thus, he realises the soul

directly , without having to perform jnAna yOgA.

 

adiyEn,

balaji

 

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvaita Research Centre)