BG - 8.4

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

adhibhūtaṁ kṣharo bhāvaḥ puruṣhaśh chādhidaivatam adhiyajño ’ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛitāṁ vara

• adhibhūtam - the ever changing physical manifestation
• kṣharaḥ - perishable
• bhāvaḥ - nature
• puruṣhaḥ - the cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation
• cha - and
• adhidaivatam - the Lord of the celestial gods
• adhiyajñaḥ - the Lord of all sacrifices
• aham - I
• eva - certainly
• atra - here
• dehe - in the body
• deha-bhṛitām - of the embodied
• vara - O best

Translation

Adhibhuta—knowledge of the elements—pertains to My perishable nature, and the Purusha, or the Soul, is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best among the embodied.

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