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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 9 / Verse 16
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Bhagavad Gita 9.16

English
Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् | मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham . mantro.ahamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṃ hutam

English

I am the kratu, I am the yajna, I am the svadha, I am the ausadha, I am the mantra, I Myself am the ajya, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.

हिन्दी

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।।

Explanation — English

Kratu is a kind of Vedic sacrifice.Yajna is the worship enjoined in the Smriti or the holy books laying down lay and the code of conduct.I am the Mantra? the chant with which the oblation is offered to the manes or ancestors? and the shining ones (the Devatas or gods).Hutam also means the act of offering.Aushadham All plants including rice and barley or medicine that can cure diseases. (Cf.IV.24)

Explanation — हिन्दी

,इस श्लोक में उक्त विचार को इसके पूर्व भी एक प्रसिद्ध श्लोक में व्यक्त किया गया था। हवन क्रिया तथा उसमें प्रयुक्त विविध सामग्रियों के रूपक के द्वारा इस श्लोक में आत्मा की सर्वरूपता एवं सर्वात्मकता का बोध कराया गया है। कर्मकाण्ड में वर्णित कर्मानुष्ठान ही पूजाविधि है। वेदों में उपदिष्ट यज्ञ कर्म को क्रतु तथा स्मृतिग्रन्थों में कथित कर्म को ही यज्ञ कहा जाता है? जिसका अनुष्ठान महाभारत काल में किया जाता था। पितरों को दिया जाने वाला अन्न स्वधा कहलाता है। अर्जुन को यहाँ उपदेश में बताया गया है कि उपर्युक्त ये सब क्रतु आदि मैं ही हूँ।इतना ही नही वरन् यज्ञकर्म में प्रयुक्त औषधि? अग्नि में आहुति के रूप में अर्पित किया जाने वाला घी (आज्यम्)? अग्नि? कर्म में उच्चारित मन्त्र और हवन क्रिया ये सब विविध रूपों में आत्मा की ही अभिव्यक्ति हैं। जब स्वर्ण से अनेक आभूषण बनाये जाते हैं? तब स्वर्ण निश्चय ही यह कह सकता है कि मैं कुण्डल हूँ? मैं अंगूठी हूँ? मैं कण्ठी हूँ? मैं इन सब की चमक हूँ आदि। इसी प्रकार? आत्मा ही सब रूपों का? घटनाओं आदि का सारतत्त्व होने के कारण भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण का उक्त कथन दार्शनिक बुद्धि से सभी पाठकों को स्वीकार्य होगा।और --

Sanskrit
English
अहम्
I
क्रतुः
sacrifice
अहम्
I
यज्ञः
the sacrifice
स्वधा
the offering to Pitris or ancestors
अहम्
I
अहम्
I
औषधम्
the medicinal herbs and all plants
मन्त्रः
sacred syllable
अहम्
I
अहम्
I
एव
also
आज्यम्
ghee or clarified butter
अहम्
I
अग्निः
the fire
अहम्
I
हुतम्
the offering.
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