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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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English Translation - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

9.16 I am the kratu, I am the yajna, I am the svadha,<br />

I am the ausadha, I am the mantra, I Myself am the<br />

ajya, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

9.16 Aham, I; am the kratuh, a kind of Vedic<br />

sacrifice; I Myself am the yajnah, sacrifice as<br />

prescribed by the Smrtis; further, I am svadha, the<br />

food that is offered to the manes; I am ausadhamby<br />

which word is meant the food that is eaten by<br />

all creatures. Or, svadha means food in general of<br />

all creatures, and ausadha means medicine for<br />

curing diseases. I am the mantra with which<br />

offering is made to manes and gods. I Myself am<br />

the ajyam, oblations; and I am agnih, the fire-I<br />

Myself am the fire into which the oblation is<br />

poured. And I am the hutam, act of offering.<br />

Besides,<br />

English Translation - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

9.17 Of this world I am the father, mother,<br />

ordainer, (and the), grand-father; I am the<br />

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