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Bhagavad Gita 9.16

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्। मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।

ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣhadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ahamahamI
kratuḥkratuḥVedic ritual
ahamahamI
yajñaḥyajñaḥsacrifice
svadhāsvadhāoblation
ahamahamI
ahamahamI
auṣhadhamauṣhadhammedicinal herb
mantraḥmantraḥVedic mantra
ahamahamI
ahamahamI
evaevaalso
ājyamājyamclarified butter
ahamahamI
agniḥagniḥfire
ahamahamI
hutamhutamthe act offering

I am Kratu; I am Yajna; I am the offering to the manes; I am the medicinal herbs and all plants; I am the Mantra; I am also the ghee or melted butter; I am the fire; I am the oblation.

मैं ऋक्रतु हूँ; मैं यज्ञ हूँ; स्वधा और औषध मैं हूँ, मैं मन्त्र हूँ, घी हूँ, मैं अग्नि हूँ और हुतं अर्थात् हवन कर्म मैं हूँ।।