Shloka 24

२३ ।। सम्बन्ध-- पूर्वश्लीकर्में यह बात कही ययी कि यज्ञके लिये कर्म करनेवाले पुरुषके समस्त कर्म विलीन हो जाते हैं। वहाँ केवल अग्निरें हविका हवन करना ही यज्ञ है और उसका सम्पादन करनेके लिये की जानेवाली क्रिया ही यज्ञके लिये कर्म करना है, इतनी ही बात नहीं है; इसी भावको युस्पष्ट करनेके लिये अब भगवान्‌ सात श्लोकॉरमें भिन्न-भिन्न योगियोद्रारया किये जानेवाले परमात्माकी प्राप्तिके साधनरूप शास्त्रविह्ित कर्तव्यकर्मोका विभिन्न यज्ञोंके नामसे वर्णन करते हैं-- ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हवि््रह्याग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्‌ । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना,जिस यज्ञमें अर्पण अर्थात्‌ खुवा आदि भी ब्रह्म है और हवन किये जानेयोग्य द्रव्य भी ब्रह्म है तथा ब्रह्मरूप कतकि द्वारा ब्रह्मरूप अग्निमें आहुति देना-रूप क्रिया भी ब्रह्म है--उस ब्रह्मकर्ममें स्थित रहनेवाले योगीद्वारा प्राप्त किये जानेयोग्य फल भी ब्रह्म ही है

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā ||

In this sacrifice, the act of offering is Brahman; the oblation is Brahman; the fire into which it is offered is Brahman; and the one who offers is Brahman. For the yogin whose mind is absorbed in Brahman, seeing action itself as Brahman, the goal reached through such action is Brahman alone.

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अर्पणम्the offering (act/instrument of offering)
अर्पणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्पण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हविःoblation (sacrificial substance)
हविः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मin Brahman / as Brahman
ब्रह्म:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अग्नौin the fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ब्रह्मणाby Brahman / by one who is Brahman
ब्रह्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
हुतम्offered (poured as oblation)
हुतम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु) → हुत (क्त)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
गन्तव्यम्to be reached / attainable
गन्तव्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (तव्यत्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कर्मaction/ritual act
कर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
समाधिनाby absorption/concentration
समाधिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसमाधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

अजुन उवाच

B
Brahman
A
Agni (sacrificial fire)

Educational Q&A

All components of sacrificial action—offerer, offering, fire, and the act—are to be contemplated as Brahman. When action is performed with this non-dual awareness and without ego-claim, it becomes purifying rather than binding, and its culmination is realization of Brahman.

In the midst of Arjuna’s crisis on the battlefield, Krishna continues teaching how disciplined action can lead to freedom. He expands the idea of yajña beyond a mere fire-ritual, presenting a contemplative vision in which duty itself, rightly understood and offered, becomes a spiritual practice leading to the highest goal.