Sanskrit · Devanagari
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्। तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882know that action has its source in the Vedas the Vedas come from the Indestructible. Therefore the all-comprehending Vedas are always concerned with sacrifices.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.15।। कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं ब्रह्म वेदः सः उद्भवः कारणं प्रकाशको यस्य तत् कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि विजानीहि। ब्रह्म पुनः वेदाख्यम् अक्षरसमुद्भवम् अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमात्मा समुद्भवो यस्य तत् अक्षरसमुद्भवम्। ब्रह्म वेद इत्यर्थः। यस्मात् साक्षात् परमात्माख्यात् अक्षरात् पुरुषनिःश्वासवत् समुद्भूतं ब्रह्म तस्मात् सर्वार्थप्रकाशकत्वात् सर्वगतम् सर्वगतमपि सत् नित्यं सदा यज्ञविधिप्रधानत्वात् यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्।।
703b6384bae3…Rāmānuja
3.15 Here ther term, 'Brahman' connotes the physical body consisting of modifications of the Prakrti; for the Prakrti is denoted here by the term 'Brahman', as in the scriptural text: 'From Him arises, this Brahman and this 'Brahman' becomes name, form and food' (Mun. U., 1.1.9). Here also it will be said by Sri Krsna: 'This great 'Brahman' is my womb' (14.3). Therefore, the words that 'Activity springs from 'Brahman' teaches that activity is produced by the physical body which is of the nature of the modification of Prakrti. The 'Brahman' arises from the imperishable self. Here the term, 'imperishable', indicates the individual self. The physical body, which is inhabited by the self who is satisfied by food and drink, is fit for action; hence the physical body which constitutes the instrument of activity is said to be from the imperishable. Therefore the 'all-pervading Brahman' means here the bodies of all persons of diverse kinds which are the products of Prakrti which comprises all material entities, and is hence all-pervading. They, the bodies, are established in sacrifice. The meanig is that the bodies have roots in sacrifice.
21f754f6d71b…Swami Sivananda
3.15 कर्म action? ब्रह्मोद्भवम् arisen from Brahma? विद्धि know? ब्रह्म Brahma? अक्षरसमुद्भवम् arisen from the Imperishable? तस्मात् therefore? सर्वगतम् allpervading? ब्रह्म Brahma? नित्यम् ever? यज्ञे in sacrifice? प्रतिष्ठितम् (is) established.Commentary Brahma may mean Veda. Just as the breath comes out of a man? so also the Veda is the breath of the Imperishable or the Omniscient. The Veda ever rests in the sacrifice? i.e.? it deals chiefly with sacrifices and the ways of their performance. (Cf.IV.24 to 32).Karma Action? Brahmodbhavam arisen from the injunctions of the Vedas.
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