BG 4.24

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥

brahmarpaṇaṃ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahma-karma-samādhinā ||

"Instrument, offering, fire, act, destination — all Brahman. One absorbed in Brahman-action reaches Brahman alone."

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5 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

[1]
Brahman is the instrument of offering; Brahman is the oblation; by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is the goal of him who sees Brahman in all actions.

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
Brahman is the ladle; Brahman the oblation; by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman is to be reached by him who sees Brahman in his actions.

William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)

[6]
The act of sacrifice is Brahman; the offering is Brahman; the fire is kindled by Brahman; the oblation is poured by Brahman; Brahman is to be reached by him who in all his acts sees Brahman only.

Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)

[7]
The sacrifice itself is Brahm, the flame Is Brahm, the offering is Brahm, the fire Is Brahm; and Brahm it is that offereth: To Brahm shall he attain who in his deeds Medeth on Brahm.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
Brahman is the offering; Brahman the ghee; it is poured by Brahman in the fire of Brahman; by him whose mind is fixed on Brahman-action, Brahman alone is reached.