ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ।ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥
brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam |brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā ||
- ब्रह्मार्पणम् · brahmārpaṇam
- Brahman is the offering
- ब्रह्म · brahma
- Brahman
- हविः · haviḥ
- the oblation
- ब्रह्माग्नौ · brahmāgnau
- in the fire of Brahman
- ब्रह्मणा · brahmaṇā
- by Brahman (the offerer)
- हुतम् · hutam
- offered
- एव · eva
- alone, indeed
- तेन · tena
- by him
- गन्तव्यम् · gantavyam
- to be reached, the goal
- ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना · brahmakarmasamādhinā
- by one absorbed in action as Brahman
“Brahman is the offering, Brahman the oblation, offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by one absorbed in action as Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
Said traditionally before meals, this verse dissolves every ritual ingredient into the Absolute: means, act, agent, and goal are one. For the knower, even eating becomes metaphysics. Non-duality expressed as grace before food.
— Reader's notes (original)