Devanagari
यद् ब्रह्मणि परे साक्षात्सर्वकर्मसमर्पणम् ।
मनोवाक्तनुभि: पार्थ क्रियाद्वैतं तदुच्यते ॥ ६४ ॥
Verse text
yad brahmaṇi pare sākṣāt
sarva-karma-samarpaṇam
mano-vāk-tanubhiḥ pārtha
kriyādvaitaṁ tad ucyate
Synonyms
yat
—
that which
;
brahmaṇi
—
in the Supreme Brahman
;
pare
—
transcendental
;
sākṣāt
—
directly
;
sarva
—
of all
;
karma
—
activities
;
samarpaṇam
—
dedication
;
manaḥ
—
by the mind
;
vāk
—
the words
;
tanubhiḥ
—
and the body
;
pārtha
—
O Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
;
kriyā
—
advaitam — oneness in activities
;
tat ucyate
—
it is called .
Translation
My dear Yudhiṣṭhira [Pārtha], when all the activities one performs with his mind, words and body are dedicated directly to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one reaches oneness of activities, called kriyādvaita.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
My dear Yudhiṣṭhira! When all the activities one performs with mind, words and body are dedicated directly to Brahman, it is called oneness of action.
One should offer all actions of mind, words and body to the Brahman. Since one will perceive difference in action by seeing different results, one should offer everything only to the Lord. Then there are no different results. This is oneness of actions.
Purport
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching people how to come to the stage of dedicating everything to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa says in
Bhagavad-gītā
(9.27)
:
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
“O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” If whatever we do, whatever we eat, whatever we think and whatever we plan is for the advancement of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, this is oneness. There is no difference between chanting for Kṛṣṇa consciousness and working for Kṛṣṇa consciousness. On the transcendental platform, they are one. But we must be guided by the spiritual master about this oneness; we should not manufacture our own oneness.