Word meanings
- aham
- I
- hi
- verily
- sarva
- of all
- yajñānām
- sacrifices
- bhoktā
- the enjoyer
- ca
- and
- prabhuḥ
- the Lord
- eva
- only
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- tu
- but
- mām
- me
- abhijānanti
- realize
- tattvena
- divine nature
- ataḥ
- therefore
- cyavanti
- fall down (wander in samsara)
- te
- they
Translations
For I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they return to this mortal world.
I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But they do not know me truly, so they fall back.
Indeed, I am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices, but they do not know Me truly. Therefore, they fall.
क्योंकि मैं ही सम्पूर्ण यज्ञोंका भोक्ता और स्वामी भी हूँ; परन्तु वे मेरेको तत्त्वसे नहीं जानते, इसीसे उनका पतन होता है।Commentary
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)