Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 32

एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे । कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे

evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe | karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase

Translation

Thus manifold sacrifices are spread at the mouth of Brahman. Know them all as born of action. Thus knowing, thou shalt be liberated.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

evam

thus

bahuvidhāḥ

manifold

yajñāḥ

sacrifices

vitatāḥ

spread

brahmaṇaḥ

of Brahman (or Veda)

mukhe

in the face

karmajān

action-born

viddhi

know (thou)

tān

them

sarvān

all

evam

thus

jñātvā

having known

vimokṣyase

thou shalt be freed

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Thus various sacrifices, such as those mentioned above, are spread at the mouth of Brahman, i.e., are known from the Vedas through such passages as "We sacrifice prāṇa in speech." Know that they are all born of the not-Self — of action in deed, speech and thought — for the Self is actionless. If you realise that "these are not my actions, I am actionless, I am unconcerned," you will be released, by this right knowledge, from evil, from the bond of saṃsāra.