Brahmarpanam - meaning

[Ashwini Surpur]

Namaste,

I am trying to get the word to word meaning of Brahmarpanam shloka (Bhojanamantra that we use). I put together below guessed translation using my own limited knowledge. Please correct me or point me to where I can go to get the pada vichcheda, padaanyasa, etc. Please help.

Brahmarpanam --> Offer to brahman --> implied verb Karomi may be there
Brahmahivih -> Offering is brahman  --> Havis is the offering; I think it is in prathama vibhakti here (Subject) - Food we are about to eat is the havis and it is Brahma
Brahmagnou --> this is in saptami vibhakti which means "into the fire"; Brahma Himself is the fire;
Brahmnahutam --> brahmanaH + aahutam --> brahmanaH is in Shashti vibhakti which means Brahma's ahutam; what belongs to Brahma
Brahmaiva tena gantavyam--> This is the passive sentence; The word tena refers to 'that' - I am assuming it is food - the havis; It is supposed to go back to brahma only; hope I am correct;
Brahmakarma Samadheenam --> Brahma + karma; Brahma's work; samadhinam is in shashTi vibhakti; 'of samadhi' ; not sure what it is trying to say there; is it the arpana (offering) of Samadhi?

regards

Ashwini
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This is a shloka in the bhagavadgiita. 4.24
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥४-२४॥

Please see shankarAchArya's explanation (translated into English) in
the link below:
http://www.sankaracharya.org/gita_bhashya_4.php#1

You will have to scroll down to 4.24

"arpaNam" is translated as the sacrificial ladle.
brahma the ladle, brahma the offering, in brahma-fire, sacrificed by-
brahma
The destination is brahma of him - that-person-of-whom-the-mind's-
concentration-is-brahma-karma

On Jun 6, 2:11 am, Ashwini Surpur <ashwini.sur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Namaste,
>
> I am trying to get the word to word meaning of Brahmarpanam shloka
> (Bhojanamantra that we use). I put together below guessed translation using
> my own limited knowledge. Please correct me or point me to where I can go to
> get the pada vichcheda, padaanyasa, etc. Please help.
>

> *Brahmarpanam* --> Offer to brahman --> *implied verb Karomi may be there*
> *Brahmahivih* -> Offering is brahman  --> *Havis is the offering; I think it

> is in prathama vibhakti here (Subject) - Food we are about to eat is the

> havis and it is Brahma*
> *Brahmagnou* --> *this is in saptami vibhakti which means "into the fire";
> Brahma Himself is the fire;*
> *Brahmnahutam* --> *brahmanaH + aahutam --> brahmanaH is in Shashti vibhakti
> which means Brahma's ahutam; what belongs to Brahma*
> *Brahmaiva tena gantavyam*--> *This is the passive sentence; The word tena

> refers to 'that' - I am assuming it is food - the havis; It is supposed to

> go back to brahma only; hope I am correct;*
> *Brahmakarma Samadheenam* --> *Brahma + karma; Brahma's work; samadhinam is

> in shashTi vibhakti; 'of samadhi' ; not sure what it is trying to say there;

> is it the arpana (offering) of Samadhi?*

[Ashwini Surpur]

DhanyavaadaH sarvebhyaH! 

-Ashwini

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[kamalesh pathak]

respected all,
if we add here a shloka from Gita --> aham vaishwanaro bhutvaa................. chaturvidham.
is the food which we to eat about is offered to HARI who is param brahman ?
regards,
kamalesh pathak
somnath

2011/6/7 धनंजय वैद्य <deejay...@yahoo.com> <deejay...@gmail.com>

This is a shloka in the bhagavadgiita. 4.24