तत्त्वशोधनमन्त्रःThe mantra that purifies the tattvas
Verse 214
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥ २१४ ॥
brahmārpaṇaṁ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tēna gantavyaṁ brahmakarmasamādhinā || 214 ||
Translation
The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, offered by Brahman into the fire that is Brahman; to Brahman he shall go who is absorbed in Brahman as the act.
Word by word
- brahma
- Brahman
- arpaṇaṁ
- the offering
- havir
- (haviḥ) the oblation
- agnau
- into the fire
- brahmaṇā
- by Brahman
- hutam
- offered
- ēva
- indeed
- tēna
- by him
- gantavyaṁ
- shall be gone to
- karma
- as the act
- samādhinā
- absorbed in
Meaning
The mantra is the famous verse of the Bhagavad Gītā (4.24), which the commentary introduces as "the mantra itself". Every part of the sacrifice, the ladle (arpaṇa), the offering (havis), the fire, the one who offers, is Brahman; whoever sees Brahman in the act reaches Brahman. In the Tattva-cakra the substances are consecrated by this vision alone: eating and drinking become the sacrifice in which Brahman is offered to Brahman.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the mantra itself, "brahmārpaṇam…".