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Bhagavad Gita 9.24

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।

ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā cha prabhureva cha na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaśh chyavanti te

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ahamahamI
hihiverily
sarvasarvaof all
yajñānāmyajñānāmsacrifices
bhoktābhoktāthe enjoyer
chachaand
prabhuḥprabhuḥthe Lord
evaevaonly
chachaand
nananot
tutubut
māmmāmme
abhijānantiabhijānantirealize
tattvenatattvenadivine nature
ataḥataḥtherefore
chyavantichyavantifall down (wander in samsara)
tetethey

For I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they return to this mortal world.

क्योंकि सब यज्ञों का भोक्ता और स्वामी मैं ही हूँ, परन्तु वे मुझे तत्त्वत: नहीं जानते हैं, इसलिए वे गिरते हैं, अर्थात् संसार को प्राप्त होते हैं।।