Chapter 13, Verse 22
उपद्रष्टाऽनुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः। परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः।।13.23।।
upadraṣṭā'numantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ। paramātmeti cāpyukto dehe'sminpuruṣaḥ paraḥ।।13.23।।
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- उपद्रष्टा
- the overseer/witness (of the field)
- अनुमन्ता
- the permitter/approver (sanctioning the activities of prakṛti)
- च
- and
- भर्ता
- the supporter/sustainer
- भोक्ता
- the enjoyer (experiencer of the guṇas)
- महेश्वरः
- the great lord
- परमात्मा
- the supreme self
- इति
- thus
- च अपि
- and also
- उक्तः
- is called/is spoken of
- देहे अस्मिन्
- in this body
- पुरुषः
- the person/spirit
- परः
- supreme, transcendent
Commentary
22. Spectator and Permittee Supporter, En- joyer, the Great Lord, and also spoken of as the Supreme Self, (is) the Purusha Supreme in this body.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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उपद्रष्टा
अनुमन्ता
च
भर्ता
भोक्ता
महेश्वरः
परमात्मा
इति
च अपि
उक्तः
देहे अस्मिन्
पुरुषः
परः
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