Verse 4.32

एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे ।

कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे ॥

4.32

Transliteration

evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe |

karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman (literally) at the mouth or face of Brahman). Know them all as born of action and thus knowing, thou shalt be liberated.

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Word by word

thus
many kinds of
sacrifices
are spread out
of the Veda
in the mouth

born of action
know
them
all
thus
knowing
you will be freed

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna concludes the list of sacrifices. Many kinds of yajña are spread out in the mouth of Brahman, a phrase some read as set forth in the Veda and others as offered into the supreme. All of them, Krishna stresses, arise from action (karma), whether of body, speech or mind. Understanding this frees Arjuna from the false idea that spiritual life means stopping action. Every form of sacrifice is itself a kind of action. The point is not to escape action but to know its true nature.