Brahman

Karma brahmodbhavam viddhi brahmaakshara-samudbhavam, tasmat sarva-gatam brahma nityam yajne pratishthitam

Know that prescribed action arises from the Vedas, and the Vedas arise from the imperishable Brahman. Therefore the all-pervading Brahman is eternally established in sacrifice. Sacred duty has its root in the Absolute.

Brahmarpanam brahma havir brahmagnau brahmana hutam, brahmaiva tena gantavyam brahma-karma-samadhina

For those who are completely absorbed in God-consciousness, the oblation is Brahman, the ladle is Brahman, the offering is Brahman, the fire is Brahman, and the goal is Brahman.

Daivam evapare yajnam yoginah paryupasate, brahmagnavapare yajnam yajnenaivopajuhvati

Some yogis worship the demigods perfectly as sacrifice; others offer sacrifice into the fire of Brahman through sacrifice itself. There are many valid forms of spiritual offering.

Yajna-shishtamrita-bhujo yanti brahma sanatanam, nayam loko 'sty ayajnasya kuto 'nyah kuru-sattama

Those who eat the remnants of sacrifice — the nectar left over — attain the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not sacrifice; how then the next world, O best of the Kurus?

Evam bahu-vidha yajna vitata brahmano mukhe, karma-jan viddhi tan sarvan evam jnatva vimokshyase

Many forms of sacrifice are spread out before Brahman — know all of them to be born of action. Knowing this you shall be liberated.

Jneyam yat tat pravakshyami yaj jnatvamrtam ashnute, anadimat param brahma na sat tan nasad ucyate

I shall now describe that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality. It is beginningless supreme Brahman, which is said to be neither being nor non-being.

Jneyam yat tat pravakshyami yaj jnatva 'mritam ashnute, anadir mat-param brahma na sat tan nasad ucyate

I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you shall taste the eternal. Brahman, the supreme, is beginningless and subordinate to Me; it is said to be neither being nor non-being. The ultimate object of knowledge is the transcendent Brahman.

Sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato 'kṣi-śiro-mukham, sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

That Brahman has hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, and faces in every direction, and ears in all places; it exists pervading all things in the universe. The omnipresence of the Absolute is affirmed — it pervades all creation.

Bahir antas cha bhutanam acharam charam eva cha, suksmatvat tad avijneyam dura-stham chantike cha tat

That Brahman is outside and inside all beings, moving and unmoving. Because it is subtle, it is beyond the power of material senses to perceive it. It is very far away yet also very near. The subtlety of Brahman makes direct perception impossible without purified consciousness.

Yada bhuta-prithag-bhavam eka-stham anupashyati, tata eva cha vistaram brahma sampadyate tada

When a person perceives the diverse variety of beings as resting in the One and as an expansion from that One alone, that person attains Brahman. The multiplicity of creation is grounded in a single reality — seeing this unity is itself enlightenment.

Mam cha yo 'vyabhicharena bhakti-yogena sevate, sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

Those who serve Me with unwavering devotional yoga transcend the three gunas and become fit for union with Brahman.

Brahmaṇo hi pratiṣhṭhāham amṛitasyāvyayasya cha, śhāśhvatasya cha dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya cha

I am the basis of the formless Brahman, the immortal and imperishable, of eternal dharma, and of unending divine bliss.

siddhim prapto yatha brahma tathapnoti nibodha me samasenaiva kaunteya nistha jnanasya ya para

Learn from me briefly how one who has attained siddhi also attains Brahman — the highest culmination of knowledge. Having described svadharma and devotional action, Krishna now pivots to the supreme culmination of jnana.

ahankaram balam darpam kamam krodham parigraham vimucya nirmamah santo brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

Having relinquished egotism, force, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessiveness, freed from the sense of 'mine' and at peace — one becomes fit for becoming Brahman. These are the final obstacles that must be transcended before liberation.