Guided recitation 03
Bhagavad Gītā 4.24
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Bhagavad Gītā 4.24
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01 · Devanāgarī
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥ ४.२४ ॥
02 · IAST transliteration
brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā || 4.24 ||
03 · Learning rendering
The offering is brahman; the oblation is brahman; it is offered by brahman into the fire that is brahman. Brahman alone is reached by the one absorbed in action as brahman.
Compact Guru Om Ka learning rendering. Interpretations of this verse vary across translators and traditions.Word attention
Vocabulary in the verse
These are compact learning glosses, not claims that each word has one fixed English equivalent in every context.
- अर्पणम्
- arpaṇamoffering; instrument or act of offering
- हविः
- havisoblation
- अग्नौ
- agnauin the fire
- ब्रह्मणा
- brahmaṇāby brahman
- हुतम्
- hutamoffered
- गन्तव्यम्
- gantavyamto be reached
- समाधिना
- samādhināby one absorbed or concentrated
Learning context
What to notice about this text
Bhagavad Gītā 4.24 is securely located, but its syntax and philosophical force are rendered differently by translators and traditions. Compare translations when you move beyond this compact learning rendering.