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
- पुरुषः · puruṣaḥ
- the Person
- अधिदैवतम् · adhidaivatam
- the divine principle
- अधियज्ञः · adhiyajñaḥ
- the lord of sacrifice
- 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.
— Reader's notes (original)