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

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 9, Verse 24
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Krishna alone is the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices, but those who do not know him in truth fall away, again distinguishing between engaging with devotion superficially versus with real, correct understanding.

In life: engaging with any meaningful practice only at a surface level, without real understanding of its purpose, tends to leave people eventually drifting away from it entirely.

Teaching: invest in actually understanding the deeper purpose of a practice you're committed to, not just performing its surface form, that understanding is what tends to prevent eventual drift away from it.

ahamI
hiverily
sarvaof all
yajñānāmsacrifices
bhoktāthe enjoyer
chaand
prabhuḥthe Lord
evaonly
chaand
nanot
tubut
māmme
abhijānantirealize
tattvenadivine nature
ataḥtherefore
chyavantifall down (wander in samsara)
tethey

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
9.24 अहम् I? हि verily? सर्वयज्ञानाम् of all sacrifices? भोक्ता enjoyer? च and? प्रभुः Lord? एव alone? च and? न not? तु but? माम् Me? अभिजानन्ति know? तत्त्वेन in essence (or in reality)? अतः hence? च्यवन्ति fall? ते they.Commentary They do not know that I? the Supreme Self? am the enjoyer of all sacrifices enjoined in the Vedas and the Smritis (the codes of right conduct) and the Lord of all sacrifices. As I am the inner Ruler of this world I am the Lord of all sacrifices (Vide chapter VIII. 4 -- Adhiyajnohamevatra I am the presiding deity of the sacrifice). I am at the beginning and at the end of every sacrifice and yet these people worship other gods. Therefore they worship in ignorance. As they worhsip other gods without recognising Me? and as they have not consecrated their actions to Me? they return to this mortal world after their merits are exhausted from the plane to which they had attained as the result of their sacrifices.Those who are devoted to other gods and who worship Me in ignorance (Avidhipurvakam) also get the fruit of sacrifice. How (Cf.V.29XV.9)