Friday, January 29, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 15

कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् ।
तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥३- १५॥

karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam ।


tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam ॥3- 15॥

You must know action originates in Brahman [and] originating in the imperishable is Brahman! Therefore, the all-pervading Brahman is established in devotion. 



Word-for-word translations 


karma (neuter, accusative, singular) = action


brahmodbhavaṃ (adjective) (masculine, accusative, singular) = originates in Brahman (the all pervading spirit)


viddhi (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must know! 


brahmākṣarasamudbhavam (masculine, accusative, singular) = originating in the imperishable is Brahman  


tasmāt (adverb) (indeclinable) = therefore 

sarvagatam (neuter, nominative, singular) = all-pervading 


brahma (neuter, nominative, singular) = Brahman


nityam (adverb) (indeclinable) = eternally


yajñe (masculine, locative, singular) = in devotion 


pratiṣṭhitam (past passive participle) (neuter, nominative, singular) = established 


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