The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission
अक्षरं ब्रह्म परम् स्वभाव अधि आत्मं उच्यते I
भूत भाव उद्भवकरः विसर्ग कर्म संज्ञितः
The Worship of Iswara 1-8
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 8 - Alshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 3
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 8 - Alshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 3
Shri Bhagavan Uvacha
Aksharam brahma param svabhavah adhiatmam uchyate I
Bhuta bhava udbhava karah visarga karma sangyitah II sloka 3
श्री भगवान उवाचअक्षरं ब्रह्म परम् स्वभाव अधि आत्मं उच्यते I
भूत भाव उद्भवकरः विसर्ग कर्म संज्ञितः
The Blessed Lord said
The imperishable is Brahman, the Supreme. Its dwelling in the individual body is called Adhyatma. The offering which causes the origin of beings is called karma.
The Absolute Reality is Brahman. Its supremacy is above time, space and causation which are the characteristics of the universe. The senses and the intellect cannot gain access to it. For this reason it is called paramam - the Supreme. As the screen is the background for the moving pictures in a cinematograph, Brahman is substratum, basis and background of the panorama of the universe. The changes that take place in the universe do not affect Brahman. It is ever itself, the Being behind the becoming of the universe. It is therefore called aksharam - The Imperishable.
The intrinsic merit or property of the thing is called its svabhava. The svabhava of the sun is to put forth beams of light. Similarly the svabhava of Brahman is to appear as the multitudinous conscious beings called the jivatman. The assumption of the role of the jivatman is called adhyatma.
The vibration or the act of becoming that is taking place in the universe is karma. But here this word is used in a particular sense. The action that is the immediate cause of man having come into existence and of his making progress in life, is here technically called karma. Whatever work promotes the welfare of man is karma. The purvamimamsa one of the six systems in Hindu philosophy claims that karma is the only all-powerful agency for man's origin, growth and prosperity.
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