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Bhagavad Gita 8.4

अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर।।

adhibhūtaṁ kṣharo bhāvaḥ puruṣhaśh chādhidaivatam adhiyajño ’ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛitāṁ vara

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
adhibhūtamadhibhūtamthe ever changing physical manifestation
kṣharaḥkṣharaḥperishable
bhāvaḥbhāvaḥnature
puruṣhaḥpuruṣhaḥthe cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation
chachaand
adhidaivatamadhidaivatamthe Lord of the celestial gods
adhiyajñaḥadhiyajñaḥthe Lord of all sacrifices
ahamahamI
evaevacertainly
atraatrahere
dehedehein the body
deha-bhṛitāmdeha-bhṛitāmof the embodied
varavaraO best

Adhibhuta—knowledge of the elements—pertains to My perishable nature, and the Purusha, or the Soul, is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best among the embodied.

हे देहधारियों में श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! नश्वर वस्तु (पंचमहाभूत) अधिभूत और पुरुष अधिदैव है; इस शरीर में मैं ही अधियज्ञ हूँ।।