Learn·Chapter 9 · The royal knowledge, the royal secret·Verse 24 of 34

Bhagavad Gītā 9.24, word by word

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

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

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In English

I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But they do not know me truly, so they fall back.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

For I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they return to this mortal world.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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