तपो मे हृदयं ब्रह्मंस्तनुर्विद्या क्रियाकृति: । अङ्गानि क्रतवो जाता धर्म आत्मासव: सुरा: ॥ ४६ ॥
tapo me hrdayam brahmams tanur vidya kriyakrtih angani kratavo jata dharma atmasavah surah
- tapah
- austerities like mental control, mystic yoga and meditation
- me
- My
- hrdayam
- heart
- brahman
- O brahmana
- tanuh
- the body
- vidya
- the knowledge derived from Vedic scripture
- kriya
- spiritual activities
- akrtih
- form
- angani
- the limbs of the body
- kratavah
- the ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices mentioned in the Vedic literature
- jatah
- completed
- dharmah
- the religious principles for executing the ritualistic ceremonies
- atma
- My soul
- asavah
- life airs
- surah
- the demigods who execute My orders in different departments of the material world
My dear brahmana, austerity in the form of meditation is My heart, Vedic knowledge in the form of hymns and mantras constitutes My body, and spiritual activities and ecstatic emotions are My actual form. The ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices, when properly conducted, are the various limbs of My body, the unseen good fortune proceeding from pious or spiritual activities constitutes My mind, and the demigods who execute My orders in various departments are My life and soul.