Word meanings
- karma
- duties
- brahma
- in the Vedas
- udbhavam
- manifested
- viddhi
- you should know
- brahma
- The Vedas
- akṣara
- from the Imperishable (God)
- samudbhavam
- directly manifested
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarva-gatam
- all-pervading
- brahma
- The Lord
- nityam
- eternally
- yajñe
- in sacrifice
- pratiṣṭhitam
- established
Translations
Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the all-pervasive Brahma ever rests in sacrifice.
All actions originate from the Supreme Spirit, which is Imperishable, and in sacrificial actions, the all-pervasive Spirit is consciously present.
Know that action has the Vedas as its origin; the Vedas have the Immutable as their source. Hence, the all-pervading Vedas are forever based on sacrifice.
।।3.14 -- 3.15।। सम्पूर्ण प्राणी अन्नसे उत्पन्न होते हैं। अन्न वर्षासे होती है। वर्षा यज्ञसे होती है। यज्ञ कर्मोंसे निष्पन्न होता है। कर्मोंको तू वेदसे उत्पन्न जान और वेदको अक्षरब्रह्मसे प्रकट हुआ जान। इसलिये वह सर्वव्यापी परमात्मा यज्ञ (कर्तव्य-कर्म) में नित्य प्रतिष्ठित है।Commentary
Brahma may mean Veda. Just as the breath comes out of a man, so also the Veda is the breath of the Imperishable or the Omniscient. The Veda ever rests in the sacrifice, i.e., it deals chiefly with sacrifices and the ways of their performance. (Cf.IV.24 to 32). Karma Action? Brahmodbhavam arisen from the injunctions of the Vedas.