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The world revolves through sacrifice alone

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यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः ।तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥

By doing works otherwise than for sacrifice, this world of men is in bondage to works; for sacrifice practise works, O son of Kunti, becoming free from all attachment.

Gītā 3·9

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in