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Bhagavad Gita 13.22

उपद्रष्टाऽनुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः।परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः।।

upadraṣhṭānumantā cha bhartā bhoktā maheśhvaraḥ paramātmeti chāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣhaḥ paraḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
upadraṣhṭāupadraṣhṭāthe witness
anumantāanumantāthe permitter
chachaand
bhartābhartāthe supporter
bhoktābhoktāthe transcendental enjoyer
mahā-īśhvaraḥmahā-īśhvaraḥthe ultimate controller
parama-ātmāparama-ātmāSuperme Soul
itiitithat
cha apicha apiand also
uktaḥuktaḥis said
dehedehewithin the body
asminasminthis
puruṣhaḥ paraḥpuruṣhaḥ paraḥthe Supreme Lord

The Supreme Soul in this body is also called the observer, the permitter, the sustainer, the enjoyer, the great Lord, and the Supreme Self.

परम पुरुष ही इस देह में उपद्रष्टा, अनुमन्ता ,भर्ता, भोक्ता, महेश्वर और परमात्मा कहा जाता है।।