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ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना।।

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā

brahma (spiritual) arpaṇam (contribution) brahma (spiritual) haviḥ (offering) brahma (spiritual) agnau (in the fire of) brahmaṇā (by the spiritual agent) hutam (offered) brahma (spiritual) eva (certainly) tena (by him) gantavyam (to be reached) brahma (spiritual) karma (activities) samādhinā (by total absorption)

A person who is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.

This famous verse describes the spiritual vision of a person in full God-consciousness. For such a person, every aspect of an action is revealed as divine energy. The ladle is Brahman, the offering is Brahman, the fire is Brahman, the priest is Brahman, and the act of offering itself is Brahman. When a person sees everything as a manifestation of the Absolute, they reach the state of ‘brahma-karma-samādhi’—total absorption in the spiritual nature of work. The illusion of ‘matter’ disappears. They no longer see a ‘secular’ world separate from God; they see only the interconnected play of divine energies. One who lives with this vision is guaranteed to reach the spiritual kingdom. Kṛṣṇa is teaching Arjuna a way to ‘de-materialize’ his reality. If he can see the battlefield and his duty through this lens, he is no longer in a world of violence and death, but in a world of spiritual energy and divine purpose.
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