Bhagavad Gita 9.24 Meaning: Aham hi sarvayajnanam bhokta

Bhagavad Gita 9.24

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च ।न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥

Aham hi sarvayajnanam bhokta cha prabhureva chaNa tu mamabhijananti tattvenatashchyavanti te

ahaṃ hi sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca |na tu māmabhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Krishna says that he is the one who receives all sacrifices and their lord. But such worshippers do not know him as he truly is (tattvena), and so they fall back, returning to the world of mortals.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि सब यज्ञों के भोक्ता और स्वामी वही हैं। पर ऐसे उपासक उन्हें तत्त्व से, यानी जैसे वे वास्तव में हैं, नहीं जानते, इसलिए वे नीचे गिरते हैं, यानी फिर मनुष्य-लोक में लौटते हैं।

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अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
हि hi · for, indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
सर्वयज्ञानाम् sarvayajñānām · of all sacrifices (compound (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”; yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 839, col. 2 “act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice”
भोक्ता bhoktā · the enjoyer, receiver (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhoktṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1 “one who enjoys or eats, enjoyer, eater, experiencer”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
प्रभुः prabhuḥ · lord, master (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-bhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 3 “excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant”
एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “so, just so, exactly so; indeed, truly, really”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
अभिजानन्ति abhijānanti · know, recognise (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: abhi-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 62, col. 2 “to recognize, perceive, know, be or become aware of”
तत्त्वेन tattvena · as he truly is (noun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: tat-tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 3 “true or real state, truth, reality”
अतः ataḥ · hence (indeclinable) Dictionary: atas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 12, col. 1 “from this, than this; hence”
च्यवन्ति cyavanti · fall (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. cyu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 403, col. 2 “to fall down, fall, slide from (abl.)”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

Giver of the fruit. As to enjoyer, cf. p. 67 supra. ↩

I. e. return to the mortal world. ↩

Giver of the fruit. As to enjoyer, cf. p. 67 supra. ↩

I. e. return to the mortal world. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 9.24: meaning and translation

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