4.23 गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते
gata
Word meanings
gata-saṅgasya—free from material attachments;muktasya—of the liberated;jñāna-avasthita—established in divine knowledge;chetasaḥ—whose intellect;yajñāya—as a sacrifice (to God);ācharataḥ—performing;karma—action;samagram—completely;pravilīyate—are freed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The action is completely dissolved in the case of the person who undertakes it for the sake of sacrifice; who is free from attachment and has been liberated; and whose mind is fixed in wisdom.
He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind.
Of one whose attachments are gone, who is free, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works only for sacrifices, his Karma is entirely dissolved.
Of the liberated person who has got rid of attachment, whose mind is fixed in Knowledge, actions undertaken for a sacrifice get totally destroyed.
To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved.
4.25 दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते। ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति
daivam
Word meanings
daivam—the celestial gods;eva—indeed;apare—others;yajñam—sacrifice;yoginaḥ—spiritual practioners;paryupāsate—worship;brahma—of the Supreme Truth;agnau—in the fire;apare—others;yajñam—sacrifice;yajñena—by sacrifice;eva—indeed;upajuhvati—offer
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Certain other men of Yoga are completely devoted to yajna, connected with the devas, and offer that yajna, simply as a yajna, into the insatiable fire of the Brahman.
Some sages sacrifice to the Powers; others offer themselves on the alter of the Eternal.
Some Yogins resort only to the sacrifice relating to gods. Others offer sacrifice into the fire of Brahman solely by means of sacrifice.
Otherebyogis undertake sacrifice to gods alone, Others offer the Self, as a sacrifice by the Self itself, in the fire of Brahman.
Some Yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone, while others (who have realised the Self) offer the Self as sacrifice by the Self in the fire of Brahman alone.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.24 ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना
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Word meanings
brahma—Brahman;arpaṇam—the ladle and other offerings;brahma—Brahman;haviḥ—the oblation;brahma—Brahman;agnau—in the sacrificial fire;brahmaṇā—by that person;hutam—offered;brahma—Brahman;eva—certainly;tena—by that;gantavyam—to be attained;brahma—Brahman;karma—offering;samādhinā—those completely absorbed in God-consciousness
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Brahman-oblation that is to be offered to the Brahman is poured into the Brahman-fire by the Brahman; it is nothing but the Brahman that is to be attained by one whose deep contemplation is the Brahman-action.
For him, the sacrifice itself is the Spirit; the Spirit and the oblation are one; it is the Spirit Itself which is sacrificed in Its own fire, and the man even in action is united with God, since while performing his act, his mind never ceases to be fixed on Him.
Brahman is the instrument to offer with; Brahman is the oblation. By Brahman is the oblation offered into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is to be reached by him who meditates on Him in his works.
The ladle is Brahman [Some translate as 'Brahman is the ladle৷৷.,' etc.-Tr.], 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 [As an object to be known and attained. (Some translate brahma-karma-samadhina as, 'by him who sees Brahman in action'.)
Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahman in action.
