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Chapter 9: The Most Confidential Knowledge

Bg 9.16
TEXT 16
aham kratur aham yajnah
svadhaham aham ausadham
mantro 'ham aham evajyam
aham agnir aham hutam
SYNONYMS
aham—I; kratuù—ritual; aham—I; yajïaù—sacrifice; svadhä—oblation; aham—I ; aham—I; auñadham—healing herb ; mantraù—transcendental chant; aham—I; aham—I; eva—certainly; ajyam—melted butter; aham—I; agniù—fire; aham—I; hutam—offering.
TRANSLATION
But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering.
PURPORT
The sacrifice known as jyotiñöoma is also Kåñëa, and He is also the mahä-yajïa The oblations offered to the Pitåloka or the sacrifice performed to please the Pitåloka, considered as a kind of drug in the form of clarified butter, is also Kåñëa. The mantras chanted in this connection are also Kåñëa. And many other commodities made with milk products for offering in the sacrifices are also Kåñëa. The fire is also Kåñëa because fire is one of the five material elements and is therefore claimed as the separated energy of Kåñëa. In other words, the Vedic sacrifices recommended in the karma-käëòa division of the Vedas are in total also Kåñëa. Or, in other words, those who are engaged in rendering devotional service unto Kåñëa are to be understood to have performed all the sacrifices recommended in the Vedas.

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