Shloka 25
Daśa-lakṣaṇam: The Ten Topics, Virāṭ-Puruṣa Sense-Manifestation, and the Supreme Shelter (Āśraya)
गतिं जिगीषत: पादौ रुरुहातेऽभिकामिकाम् । पद्भ्यां यज्ञ: स्वयं हव्यं कर्मभि: क्रियते नृभि: ॥ २५ ॥
gatiṁ jigīṣataḥ pādau ruruhāte ’bhikāmikām padbhyāṁ yajñaḥ svayaṁ havyaṁ karmabhiḥ kriyate nṛbhiḥ
ထို့နောက် လှုပ်ရှားမှုကို အုပ်ချုပ်လိုသော အလိုတော်ကြောင့် ခြေထောက်များ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာပြီး ခြေထောက်မှ ဝိෂ္ဏု ဟူသော အုပ်စိုးဒေဝ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာသည်။ သူ၏ ကိုယ်တိုင်ကြီးကြပ်မှုကြောင့် လူသားတို့သည် မိမိမိမိ တာဝန်ကర్మများဖြင့် ယဇ్ఞတွင် ဟဝိကို အပ်နှံရန် အလုပ်ရှုပ်နေကြသည်။
Every human being is engaged in his particular occupational duty, and such activities are visible as men go hither and thither. This is very prominently visible in big cities of the world: people are going all over the cities with great concern, from one place to another. This movement is not limited only to the cities, but is also visible outside the cities from one place to another, or from one city to another, by different means of vehicles. Men are moving by cars and rails on the roads, by subways within the earth and by planes in the sky for the purpose of business success. But in all these movements the real purpose is to earn wealth for comfortable life. For this comfortable life the scientist is engaged, the artist is engaged, the engineer is engaged, the technician is engaged, all in different branches of human activity. But they do not know how to make the activities purposeful to fulfill the mission of human life. Because they do not know this secret, all their activities are targeted towards the goal of sense gratification without control, and therefore by all this business they are unknowingly entering into the deep regions of darkness.
FAQs
This verse identifies Yajña with the Lord Himself—human ritual action and offerings are meaningful because they are ultimately performed for, and through, the Supreme as sacrifice.
He is explaining cosmic manifestation through the Virāṭ form, showing that bodily functions like movement and ritual performance originate from the Supreme and are meant to be harmonized with divine purpose.
Treat your daily work and duties as offerings—align movement, goals, and actions with dharma and devotion, making life’s “karma” a form of yajña.