अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च | न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते
ahaṃ hi sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca . na tu māmabhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te
我確實是所有祭祀的享用者和主宰;但他們並未真實地認識我。因此,他們墮落了。
I indeed am the enjoyer as also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality. Therefore they fall.
他們不知道我,至高無上的真我,是吠陀經和《法典》(正確行為規範)中所有祭祀的享用者,也是所有祭祀的主宰。作為這個世界的內在統治者,我是所有祭祀的主宰(參見第八章第四節:「我即是祭祀的主宰」)。我是一切祭祀的開始與結束,然而這些人卻崇拜其他神祇。因此,他們在無知中崇拜。由於他們在不認識我的情況下崇拜其他神祇,且未將其行為奉獻於我,故在他們透過祭祀所達到的層次上,其功德耗盡後,他們便會回到這個凡塵世界。那些奉獻於其他神祇並在無知中崇拜我(avidhipurvakam)的人,也能獲得祭祀的果報。如何呢?
They do not know that I? the Supreme Self? am the enjoyer of all sacrifices enjoined in the Vedas and the Smritis (the codes of right conduct) and the Lord of all sacrifices. As I am the inner Ruler of this world I am the Lord of all sacrifices (Vide chapter VIII. 4 -- Adhiyajnohamevatra I am the presiding deity of the sacrifice). I am at the beginning and at the end of every sacrifice and yet these people worship other gods. Therefore they worship in ignorance. As they worhsip other gods without recognising Me? and as they have not consecrated their actions to Me? they return to this mortal world after their merits are exhausted from the plane to which they had attained as the result of their sacrifices.Those who are devoted to other gods and who worship Me in ignorance (Avidhipurvakam) also get the fruit of sacrifice. How (Cf.V.29XV.9)