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8.4Krishna
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अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam | adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||

अधिभूतम् · adhibhūtam
the material principle
क्षरः · kṣaraḥ
the perishable
भावः · bhāvaḥ
existence, being
अधिदैवतम् · adhidaivatam
the divine principle
अहम् · aham
I
एव · eva
indeed
देहे · dehe
in the body
देहभृतां वर · dehabhṛtāṃ vara
O best of embodied beings

The perishable order of things is the material principle; the Person is the divine principle. And I myself am the lord of sacrifice here in the body, O best of embodied beings.

Original plain-language translation

The last three answers locate the cosmic map inside the human frame. The striking claim is that Krishna himself dwells in the body as the receiver of all sacrifice. Worship is thus never abstract — it meets a presence within.

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