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एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे। कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे।।4.32।।

evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣhyase

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 32
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them all to be born of action, and thus knowing, you shall be liberated.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: thus, many forms of sacrifice are described, all born of action, know them all as such, and knowing this, you shall be liberated, tying the whole long list back to a single unifying principle.

In life: the many different forms your service or discipline might take all point toward the same underlying shift, offering rather than only taking.

Teaching: don't get stuck deciding which specific form of practice is the correct one, focus instead on whether you're actually offering something, in whatever form fits you.

evamthus
bahu-vidhāḥvarious kinds of
yajñāḥsacrifices
vitatāḥhave been described
brahmaṇaḥof the Vedas
mukhethrough the mouth
karma-jānoriginating from works
viddhiknow
tānthem
sarvānall
evamthus
jñātvāhaving known
vimokṣhyaseyou shall be liberated

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
4.32 एवम् thus? बहुविधाः manifold? यज्ञाः sacrifices? वितताः are spread? ब्रह्मणः of Brahman (or of the Veda)? मुखे in the face? कर्मजान् born of action? विद्धि know (thou)? तान् them? सर्वान् all? एवम् thus? ज्ञात्वा having known? विमोक्ष्यसे thou shalt be liberated.Commentary The word Brahmanah has also been interpreted to mean In the Vedas.Various kinds of sacrifices are spread out at the mouth of Brahman? i.e.? they are known from the Vedas. Know that they are born of action? because the Self is beyond action. If you realise that these actions do not concern me? they are not my actin? and I am actionless? you will surely be liberated from the bondage of Samsara by this right knowledge. (Cf.IX.27XIII.15)