ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥ ४-२४॥

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam । brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā ॥ 4-24॥

ब्रह्मा = 'brahma (n. nom. sg.), Brahman.; 

अर्पणं = 'arpafJam (n. nom. sg.), offering, placing upon, entrusting.; 

ब्रह्मा = brahma (n. nom. sg.), Brahman.; 

हवि = havis (n. nom., sg.), oblation, pouring out.; 

ब्रह्मा = brahma (n.), Brahman.; 

अग्नौ = agnau (m. loco sg.), in the fire. (brahma-agnau, m. loco sg. TP cpd., in the fire of Brahman.); 

ब्रह्मणा = brahmaTJii (n. inst. sg.), by Brahman.; 

हुतम् = hutam (m. acc. sg. p. pass. participle *hu), poured out into the sacrificial fire.; 

ब्रह्मा = brahma (n. nom. sg.), Brahman.; 

एव = eva, indeed (used as a rhythmic filler).; 

तेन = tena (m. inst. sg.), by it by him.; 

गन्तव्यं = gantavyam (gerundive Jgam), to be attained, to be gone, to be approached, to be accom-plished.; 

ब्रह्मकर्म = brahmakarma (n.), Brahman action, action of Brahman:

समाधिना = samt'idhina (m. inst. sg. from sam a *dha), by contemplating, by absorption, in con-templation. (ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना brahmakarmasamadhina, m. inst. sg. BV

cpd., by one who contemplates the action of Brahman.)