Bhagavad Gita 3.15 meaningWhy action matters
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“God is present in every act of giving.”
What it means
“Right action comes from sacred wisdom, and that wisdom comes from the eternal. So the divine is present in every act of giving.”
The original Sanskrit
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् । तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam
Translations
Literal translation
Know that actin has the veda as its origin; the Vedas has the Immutable as its source. Hence, the all-pervading Veda is for ever based on sacrifice.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
कर्म की उत्पत्ति ब्रह्माजी से होती है और ब्रह्माजी अक्षर तत्त्व से व्यक्त होते हैं। इसलिये सर्व व्यापी ब्रह्म सदा ही यज्ञ में प्रतिष्ठित है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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