प्रत्यादिष्टं मया तत्र त्वयि कर्मविमोहिते । तपो मे हृदयं साक्षादात्माहं तपसोऽनघ ॥ २३ ॥
pratyadistam maya tatra tvayi karma-vimohite tapo me hrdayam saksad atmaham tapaso ’nagha
- pratyadistam
- ordered
- maya
- by Me
- tatra
- because of
- tvayi
- unto you
- karma
- duty
- vimohite
- being perplexed
- tapah
- penance
- me
- Me
- hrdayam
- heart
- saksat
- directly
- atma
- life and soul
- aham
- Myself
- tapasah
- of one who is engaged in penance
- anagha
- O sinless one.
O sinless Brahma, you may know from Me that it was I who first ordered you to undergo penance when you were perplexed in your duty. Such penance is My heart and soul, and therefore penance and I are nondifferent.