श्रीभगवानुवाच | अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते | भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः
śrībhagavānuvāca . akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo.adhyātmamucyate . bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ
ಶ್ರೀಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ | ನಾಶರಹಿತವಾದದ್ದು ಪರಮ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ. ಸ್ವಭಾವವನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಭೂತಗಳ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುವ ಯಜ್ಞಾದಿ ತ್ಯಾಗವೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.
The Blessed Lord said The Immutable is the supreme Brahman; self-hood is said to the entity present in the individual plane. By action is meant the offerings which bring about the origin of the existence of things.
ಭಗವಾನ್ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನು ಅರ್ಜುನನ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಾ, ಅಕ್ಷರವೇ ಪರಮ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ಜೀವಿಯ ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವವೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಕಲ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಳವಣಣಿಗೆಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುವ ಯಜ್ಞಾದಿ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Brahman is imperishable? immutable? eternal? selfexistent? selfluminous? unchanging and allpervading. It is the source? root and womb of everything. In It all beings that are manifested live? move and have their very being. Hence? It is Paramam? the Supreme and Akshara.Its essential nature or Svabhava is Adhyatma. Brahmans dwelling in each individual body as the innermost Self (the Pratyagatma) is called Adhyatma. Yajnavalkya (a great sage of the Upanishadic period) said O Gargi Heaven and earth stand upheld in their places. The Brahmanas call this (Brahman) the Akshara (the imperishable). It is neither red nor white It is not shadow? not darkness? nor air? not ehter? without adhesion? without smell? without eyes? without ears? without speech? without mind? without light? without breath? without a mouth or door? without measures? having nothing within and nothing outside It. It does not consume anything? nor does anyone consume It. Akshara is the Supreme Brahman only.Akshara here does not mean the holy word Om? or the Avyakta (the unmanifested source of all that is in Nature). There is Laya (absorption) for Om. There is destruction for the unmanifested Nature also. Therefore Brahman is the Akshara? the Imperishable? the Supreme Being.Offering All virtuous work.The sacrificial act which consists of offering cooked rice? cakes? etc.? to the gods and which causes the genesis and support of beings is called Karma. The oblations in the sacrifice assume a subtle form and reach the sphere of the sun. Through the sun there is rain? and various sorts of grains? vegetables and fruits crop up. The living beings (Bhutas) live and develop on account of rice and other foodstuffs. Therefore Yajnas are the cause of the genesis and support of all beings.