Chapter 8, Verse 4
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर।।8.4।।
adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam। adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara।।8.4।।
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- अधिभूतम्
- the Adhibhuta (the material/physical domain, perishable existence)
- क्षरः
- perishable
- भावः
- state of being / nature
- पुरुषः
- the Purusha (the cosmic person/spirit)
- च
- and
- अधिदैवतम्
- the Adhidaiva (the divine principle presiding over the gods/senses)
- अधियज्ञः
- the Adhiyajna (the presiding principle of sacrifice)
- अहम्
- I
- एव
- indeed/certainly
- अत्र
- here, in this
- देहे
- in the body
- देहभृतां
- of the embodied beings
- वर
- O best (one)
Commentary
4. The physical region (Adhibhuta) is the perishable existence, and Purusha or the Soul is the divine region fAdhidaivata). The Adhiyajwa (Entity concerned with Sacrifice) is Myself, here in the body, O best of the embodied.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अधिभूतम्
क्षरः
भावः
पुरुषः
च
अधिदैवतम्
अधियज्ञः
अहम्
एव
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देहभृतां
वर
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