Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 23

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 23

    उपद्रष्टाऽनुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः।परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः।।13.23।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    upadraṣhṭānumantā cha bhartā bhoktā maheśhvaraḥ paramātmeti chāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣhaḥ paraḥ

    Translation

    The self in the body is called the spectator, approver, supporter, experiencer, great lord, and supreme self.
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