Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 8: The Merciful Absolute (TÄraka-brahma-yoga ). Text 3

Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄcha aká¹£araá¹ paramaá¹ brahma svabhÄvo ’dhyÄtmam uchyate bhÅ«ta-bhÄvodbhava-karo visargaḥ karma-saá¹jñitaḥ [3]

Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄcha–The Supreme Lord said: brahma–Brahma; uchyate–means; aká¹£aram paramam–the imperishable Absolute.

adhyÄtmam–The individual soul; (uchyate)–refers to; svabhÄvaḥ–the pure spiritual nature. karma–Action; saá¹jñitaḥ–means; visargaḥ– the creative force (or offerings to a demigod); bhÅ«ta-bhÄva-udbhava-karaḥ–which manifests the bodies of the human and other species of life through the agency of gross and subtle material elements. [3]


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The Supreme Lord spoke thus: It is said that Brahma is the imperishable Absolute, and the soul is the living being’s own pure spiritual nature. By action is meant the creative force (or offerings by charity, sacrifice, and austerity, etc., to a demigod), manifesting, through the gross and subtle elements, the bodies of the human and other species of life.

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