Thus the many kinds of sacrifice, as described, are spread out, set wide, in the mouth, the door, of Brahman, of the Veda: being known through the door of the Veda, they are said to be spread out in the mouth of Brahman, as in 'we offer the breath into speech' and the like. Know them all to be born of action, arising from the action of body, speech and mind, and not born of the Self, for the Self is free of activity. Knowing this thus, you will be released from what is inauspicious: knowing 'these are not My doings; I am free of activity, indifferent', by this right vision you will be freed from the bondage of transmigration. By the verse beginning 'brahma-arpaṇam' the character of sacrifice was conferred on the right vision, and many sacrifices were taught. By these, whose purpose is the accomplishing of the human goal, knowledge is praised. How?

Thus the disciplines of action of many kinds are spread out at the mouth of Brahman, that is, they stand as means to the attaining of the self as it truly is. Know all those disciplines of action, of the character described and of kinds not described, to be born of action; know them to be born of the performance of the obligatory and occasional action carried out day by day. Knowing thus, and performing them in the manner described, you will be wholly freed. It has been told how action, by its included knowledge, has the form of knowledge. The Lord now states that, in this action that has knowledge included within it, it is the knowledge-part that is foremost.

'In the mouth of Brahman' means in the mouth of the supreme Self. He will say, 'for I am the enjoyer and the lord of all sacrifices' (9.24). All those sacrifices are born of action, of mind, speech and body. Knowing this, and doing those actions, you will be released. Even what you would do for the sake of release, having abandoned the war, is itself action; therefore what is enjoined is not to be given up; that is the import.