Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 15
Chapter 9
Verse 16 of 34
Verse 17
Verse 9.16
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्। मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥9.16॥
9.16 ahaṃ kratur ahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ‘ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṃ hutam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice (yajña), I am the ancestral offering, I am the healing herb; I am the mantra, I am indeed the clarified butter, I am the fire, I am the offering.

Stoller MillerLiterary

I am the rite, the sacrifice, the libation for the dead, the healing herb, the sacred hymn, the clarified butter, the fire, the oblation.

ZaehnerJesuit

(16) I am the rite, the sacrifice, the offering for the dead, the healing herb; I am the sacred formula, the sacred butter am I: I am the fire and I the oblation offered [in the fire].

GambhiranandaAdvaita

9.16 I am the kratu, I am the yajña, I am the svadha, I am the auṣadha, I am the mantra, I Myself am the ajya, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

9.16 I am the Kratu. I am the sacrifice. I am the offering to the manes. I am the herb. I am the Mantra. I am Myself the clarified butter. I am the fire. I am the oblation.

SivanandaVedanta

9.16 I am the Kratu; I am the Yajña; I am the offering (food) to the manes; I am the medicinal herbs and all the plants; I am the Mantra; I am also the Ghee or the melted butter; I am the fire; I am the oblation.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 15
Chapter 9
Verse 16 of 34
Verse 17