Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 9 · The Royal Knowledge

    Verse 24

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 9, Verse 24

    अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā cha prabhureva cha na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaśh chyavanti te

    Translation

    For, I am the only enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognize Me in My true nature; hence, they fall.
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