3.15 Present in every offering Krishna speaks
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्
तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्
karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣhara-samudbhavam
tasmāt sarva-gataṁ brahma nityaṁ yajñe pratiṣhṭhitam
Know that action arises from the Veda, and the Veda from the imperishable. Therefore the all-pervading is present in every offering.
Explanation
And where the chain is anchored.
Action arises from the Veda, the Veda from the imperishable — therefore the all-pervading is present in every offering.
The conclusion is what the argument was for. If the divine is in every offering, and every action can be an offering, then the divine is reachable through anything you are already doing.
Word by word
- karma
- duties
- brahma
- in the Vedas
- udbhavam
- manifested
- viddhi
- you should know
- brahma
- The Vedas
- akṣhara
- from the Imperishable (God)
- samudbhavam
- directly manifested
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarva-gatam
- all-pervading
- brahma
- The Lord
- nityam
- eternally
- yajñe
- in sacrifice
- pratiṣhṭhitam
- established
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