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श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते ।
भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः ॥ ३ ॥The Blessed Lord said:
The indestructible, the supreme is the Eternal;[1] His essential nature is called Self-knowledge;[2] the emanation that causes the birth of beings is named Action;[3] (3)
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।
अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥ ४ ॥
Knowledge of the Elements[4] concerns My perishable nature, and knowledge of the Shining Ones[5] concerns the life-giving energy[6]; the knowledge of Sacrifice[7] tells of Me, as wearing the body, O best of living beings. (4)
