Bhagavad Gita · 8.4
॥
Devanāgarī
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।
अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
adhibhūtaṁ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam |
adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛtāṁ vara ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अधिभूतम्adhibhūtamadhibhūta.
क्षरः भावःkṣaraḥ bhāvaḥthe perishable (kṣara) nature (bhāva).
पुरुषः चpuruṣaḥ caand the Puruṣa.
अधिदैवतम्adhidaivatamadhidaivata.
अधियज्ञःadhiyajñaḥadhiyajña.
अहम् एवaham evathis is I Myself.
अत्रatrahere.
देहेdehein the body.
देहभृताम् वरdeha-bhṛtām varaO best of the embodied!
Translation
“Adhibhūta is the perishable material nature. Adhidaivata is the universal form (Puruṣa), encompassing all the demigods. And Adhiyajña, the Lord of all sacrifices, is I Myself, dwelling here, in this body, O best of the embodied.”
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