akṣharam

कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्

akṣhara — from the Imperishable (God)

Know that action arises from the Veda, and the Veda from the imperishable. Therefore the all-pervading is present in every offering.

अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते

akṣharam — indestructible

The imperishable is the highest Brahman. One's own nature is called the self. The bringing forth of beings and their states is called action.

यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः

akṣharam — Imperishable

What those who know the Vedas call imperishable, what those free of craving enter, what the seekers of the holy life desire — that path I will declare to you briefly.

त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्

akṣharam — the imperishable

You are the imperishable, the highest to be known. You are the ultimate resting place of this world; you are the undying guardian of what is right; you are, I believe, the everlasting person.

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे

akṣharam — the imperishable

And why should they not bow to you, great one, greater than Brahma, the first maker? Endless lord, god of gods, refuge of the world — you are the imperishable, what is and what is not, and what is beyond both.

एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते

akṣharam — the imperishable

Those devoted who worship you, steadfast and constant, and those who worship the imperishable and unmanifest — which of them know better?

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते

akṣharam — the imperishable

But those who worship the imperishable, the undefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable, the unmoving, the fixed, the everlasting —