1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 15

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1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 15

 Ugrastambham @ Ahobilam

Karma brahmodbhavam viddhi brahma akshara samudbhavam I                          Tasmat sarvagatam brahma nityam yajne pratishtitam II sloka 15




कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्म अक्षर समुद्भवं ।
तस्मात सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्टितम ।। श्लोक १५ 


Know karma to have risen from the veda, and the veda from the Imperishable. The all pervading veda is therefore ever centred in yajna


The phenomenon jagat constituted of the three gunas is known as brahma or vedas. It is also constituted of time, space and causation. This manifested universe expands into infinitude. It is therefore designated as all-pervading. Having come out of brahman the supercosmic intelligence, this cosmos itself beams with intelligence. For this reason it is styled as veda. This phenomenon is again in a constant state of flux. As such, karma and the cosmos are equated. When karma is performed perfectly and with the best of motives, it becomes yajna. Eating for example maybe done as an act of glorifying the divinity enshrined in one. Living itself is turned into yajna when directed to the services of the divine. An earthly government becomes ideql when all people are law abiding. On a higher level still,when people take to the performance of yajna, the functioning of the universe itself becomes elevated and sublime. The universe is therefore stated to be ever centred in yajna. It is possible for man to convert earth into heaven. And sacrifice is a sure means to it. The scheme of nature is verily centred on yajna.