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BG 9.16

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम्
मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्

ahaṃ kratur ahaṃ yajñaḥ
svadhāham aham auṣadham
mantro 'ham aham evājyam
aham agnir ahaṃ hutam

SYNONYMS

aham 1: I | kratuḥ: am the Kratu | aham 2: I | yajñaḥ: am the sacrifice | svadhā: the offering to the manes | aham 3: I | aham 4: I | auṣadham: am the herb | mantraḥ: the Mantra | aham 5: I | aham 6: I | eva: Myself | ājyam: the clarified butter | aham 7: I | agniḥ: the fire | aham 8: I | hutam: the oblation |

TRANSLATION

I am the Kratu. I am the sacrifice. I am the offering to the manes. I am the herb. I am the Mantra. I am Myself the clarified butter. I am the fire. I am the oblation.

PURPORT

I am the Kratu, namely, I am Jyotishtoma and other Vedic sacrifices. I alone am the Great Sacrifice (the fivefold sacrifices). I am the Svadha, the libation offered to nourish the hosts of manes. I am the herb, namely, oblation. I am the Mantra. I alone am the clarified butter. This implies other illustrations also. I alone am the oblation of Soma etc. Such is the meaning. I am the fire such as Ahavaniya etc. I am the act of offering into fire.