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· Bhagavad Gita 5.29 · Chapter 5: Karma Sannyasa Yoga

भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥

Bhoktaram yajnatapasam sarvalokamaheshvaram
Suhridam sarvabhutanam jnatva mam shantimrichchhati

Krishna closes the chapter. Knowing him as the one who receives all sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds, and the friend (suhṛd) of all beings, he says, a person reaches peace.

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