Bhagavad Gita 4.24 meaningWisdom in action
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“See God in everything you do, and everything becomes sacred.”
What it means
“For the one who sees the divine everywhere, the act of offering, the offering, the fire and the one who offers are all divine. Seeing the divine in every action, they reach the divine.”
The original Sanskrit
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥
brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā
Translations
Literal translation
The ladle is Brahman, the oblations is Brahman, the offering is poured by Brahman in the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by him who has concentration on Brahman as the objective
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अर्पण (अर्थात् अर्पण करने का साधन श्रुवा) ब्रह्म है और हवि (शाकल्य अथवा हवन करने योग्य द्रव्य) भी ब्रह्म है; ब्रह्मरूप अग्नि में ब्रह्मरूप कर्ता के द्वारा जो हवन किया गया है, वह भी ब्रह्म ही है। इस प्रकार ब्रह्मरूप कर्म में समाधिस्थ पुरुष का गन्तव्य भी ब्रह्म ही है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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