Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 24
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4 श्लोक 24

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना।।4.24।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.24. The Brahman-oblation that is to be offered ot the Brahman, is poured into the Brahman-fire by the Brahman;  it is nothing but the Brahman that is to be attained by him whose deep contemplation is the [said] Brahman-action.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.24 Brahmarpanam etc.  That is to be offered to the Brahman (list) :  that, the offering of which is in the  Brahman i.e.,  the reentrance of which is only into That, just from which it has originated.  The Brahman (2nd) :  That which is the same as the entire universe what we see - this is that very oblation. Into the Brahman-fire : into the fire which is the same as the Brahman,  the highly tranil  Supreme Consciousness.  By the  Brahman : by one or the other action.  Is poured : is offered  for the augmentation of Its lumination. Hence, a man of  Yoga,  whose Brahman-action of this sort is itself a deep concentration - by him,  the Brahman  alone is [a goal] to be attained i.e., to be realised, not anything else; for there is no other thing.
 
Alternatively [in the verse] the meaning  by him brings  in, by implication, the meaning  by whom.  So the following  is the alignment  [of words] :  The action,  in which the Brahman-oblation, intended to be an offering to a deity of the Brahman-nature, has been indeed poured into the Brahman-fire  by the sacrificer, identical with the Brahman - that very Brahman-action of this sort is itself a deep contemplaiton, because it is the means to gain the innate nature  of  the Self.  And what is attained by this Brahman-action-contemplation is the very Brahman Itself  and not any other fruit.  Indeed it has been maintained  [by the Lord]  as :
 
          The way in which  men  resort to Me,
           [in the same way  I favour them]. (IV, II) 
 
Those, who have cultivated the nature of performing sacrifice which is nothing but Me, but of the  delimited nature - they attain, therefore, the fruit of similar  [limited]  nature.  This is different  matter.  But, with regard to those  who have realised  the nature  of the sacrifice identical  with Me ( the Supreme Consciousness),  the Unlimited and  complete;  how could they be entertaining a craving for a bit of limited fruit ?  This is the idea here.
 
Thus, a  top secret is furnished  by this and by the succeeding  verses.  that has been also detailed by us (Ag.) - even though our intelligence is limited - as far as  our intelligence  permits, by not transgressing the instructions of our preceptors. Maybe,  for a person without a regular course of the oral tradition  [of the system],  this looks  like a picture painted on the sky and does not appeal to his mind.  On that account  we should not be blamed.
 
It has been declared by some, in this context, that [here in this verse]  the oblation, the fire and the instruments like sruk [used for offering the oblation into the fire in the sacrifice]  and also the act [of offering] are all adjectives alifying the Brahmam.  This  [explanation] deserves to be ignored.  For, these commentators have not troden on the path of the secret tradition.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 4.24Brahmaarpanam brahmahavirbrahmaagnau brahmanaa hutam;
Brahmaiva tena gantavyam brahmakarmasamaadhinaa.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 4.24brahma—Brahman; arpaṇam—the ladle and other offerings; brahma—Brahman; haviḥ—the oblation; brahma—Brahman; agnau—in the sacrificial fire; brahmaṇā—by that person; hutam—offered; brahma—Brahman; eva—certainly; tena—by that; gantavyam—to be attained; brahma—Brahman; karma—offering; samādhinā—those completely absorbed in God-consciousness