18.46 Worshipping through the work Krishna speaks
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः
yataḥ pravṛittir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarchya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ
By worshipping through their own work the one from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person reaches perfection.
Explanation
Worshipping through the work.
By worshipping through their own work the one from whom all beings arise, a person reaches perfection.
This is 9.27 given a final form: whatever you do, do it as an offering. The last chapter's answer to how anyone reaches the highest is through the job they already have.
Word by word
- yataḥ
- from whom
- pravṛittiḥ
- have come into being
- bhūtānām
- of all living entities
- yena
- by whom
- sarvam
- all
- idam
- this
- tatam
- pervaded
- sva-karmaṇā
- by one’s natural occupation
- tam
- him
- abhyarchya
- by worshipping
- siddhim
- perfection
- vindati
- attains
- mānavaḥ
- a person
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