Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 4: Knowledge and the Renouncing of Action

Bhagavad Gita 4.24

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā ||

The act of offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, and it is offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is reached by one who sees Brahman in every action.

Modern context

In many homes this verse is recited before meals. It looks at an act of offering and finds one reality in every part of it: the ladle, the food, the fire, the one who offers, and the goal. Nothing is left outside the sacred. For daily life this means an end to the division between holy acts and ordinary ones. Cooking, eating, working and giving can each be done as an offering, in the recognition that everything involved comes from one source.