Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 23
Chapter 9
Verse 24 of 34
Verse 25
Verse 9.24
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥9.24॥
9.24 ahaṃ hi sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaś cyavanti te
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

For I alone am the enjoyer and the Lord (prabhu) of all sacrifices (yajñānām). But they do not recognize Me in truth (tattvena), and therefore they fall.

Stoller MillerLiterary

I am the enjoyer and the lord of all sacrifices; they do not know me in reality, and so they fail.

ZaehnerJesuit

(24) For it is I who of all sacrifices am recipient and Lord, but they do not know Me as I really am, and so they fall [back into the world of men].

GambhiranandaAdvaita

9.24 I indeed am the enjoyer as also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality. Therefore they fall.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

9.24 For, I am the only enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognize Me in My true nature; hence they fall.

SivanandaVedanta

9.24 (For) I alone am the enjoyer and also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in essence (in reality), and hence they fall (return to this mortal world).

Commentaries

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Verse 23
Chapter 9
Verse 24 of 34
Verse 25