कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् ।तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam |tasmāt sarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam ||
- कर्म · karma
- action
- ब्रह्मोद्भवम् · brahmodbhavam
- arising from the Veda (Brahman as word)
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- ब्रह्म · brahma
- the Veda, the sacred utterance
- अक्षरसमुद्भवम् · akṣarasamudbhavam
- arising from the imperishable
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- सर्वगतम् · sarvagatam
- all-pervading
- नित्यम् · nityam
- ever, constantly
- यज्ञे · yajñe
- in sacrifice
- प्रतिष्ठितम् · pratiṣṭhitam
- established, present
“Know that action arises from the sacred teaching, and the teaching arises from the imperishable. Therefore the all-pervading sacred reality ever dwells present in sacrifice.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chain of verse 14 reaches its source: human work is rooted in revealed wisdom, which flows from the imperishable itself. So sacrifice is not primitive bargain but the meeting-place of the infinite with daily life. Every offered act touches Brahman.
— Reader's notes (original)