Gita question

Williams, Pat WilliamsP at ZEUS.DT.UH.EDU
Fri Sep 19 09:05:48 CDT 1997


        These lines form what some groups know as "the food prayer."
For
        instance, follwers of Sri Sathya Sai Baba utter these lines
before eating.

> The Sanskrit for that is :
>   BrahmaarpaNam Brahma Havi-rBrahmAgnou BrahmaNA Hutam-h  |
>   Brahmaiva tena gantavyam Brahmakarma-SamAdhinA ||
> ( Sorry- I do not know the transliteration)
> Gregory Goode wrote:
>
> > I would like the Sanskrit for this verse, if anyone has it handy...
> >
> > Bhagavad Gita 4.24
> > -------------
> >
> > The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman,
> > poured by Brahman into the fire that is Brahman,
> > Brahman is to be attained by that man who concentrates
> > intensely on the action that is Brahman.
> >
> >    -Oxford University Press, c1994.
> >    -Trans. by W.J. Johnson
> >
> > Thanks!  --Greg
>



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