SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
karma brahmOdhbhavam vidhdhi brahmAksharasamudhbhavam |
thasmAth sarvagatham brahma nithyam yagyE prathishtitham ||
word-by-word meaning
karma – karma (righteous action)
brahmOdhbhavam – born from body
vidhdhi – know that
brahma – body
aksharasamudhbhavam – born from jIvAthmA
thasmAth – thus
sarvagatham – that which is present for everyone
brahma – body
nithyam – always
yagyE prathistitham – is based on [sustained by] yagya
Simple Translation
Know that karma (righteous action) is born from body; body is born from jIvAthmA; thus that body which is present for everyone is always based on [sustained by] yagya (sacrifice).
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Know that body (brahma) gives forth action; from akshara (the Imperishable=ātmā) comes body. Hence the all-obtaining body is necessary for Yajña.’
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