Sanskrit · Devanagari
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम्। मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham mantro.ahamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṃ hutam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I am the Kratu, I am the Yajña, I am the Svadhā, I the product of the herbs. I am the sacred verse. I too am the sacrificial butter, and I the fire, I the offering. I am the father of this universe
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।9.16।। --,अहं क्रतुः श्रौतकर्मभेदः अहमेव। अहं यज्ञः स्मार्तः। किञ्च स्वधा अन्नम् अहम्? पितृभ्यो यत् दीयते। अहम् औषधं सर्वप्राणिभिः यत् अद्यते तत् औषधशब्दशब्दितं व्रीहियवादिसाधारणम्। अथवा स्वधा इति सर्वप्राणिसाधारणम् अन्नम्? औषधम् इति व्याध्युपशमनार्थं भेषजम्। मन्त्रः अहम्? येन पितृभ्यो देवताभ्यश्च हविः दीयते। अहमेव आज्यं हविश्च। अहम् अग्निः? यस्मिन् हूयते हविः सः अग्निः अहम्। अहं हुतं हवनकर्म च।।किञ्च --,
8cce36e2471f…Rāmānuja
9.16 I am the Kratu, namely, I am Jyotistoma and other Vedic sacrifices. I alone am the Great Sacrifice (the fivefold sacrifices). I am the Svadha, the libation offered to nourish the hosts of manes. I am the herb, namely, oblation. I am the Mantra. I alone am the clarified butter. This implies other illustrations also. I alone am the oblation of Soma etc. Such is the meaning. I am the fire such as Ahavaniya etc. I am the act of offering into fire.
7fa1f0d1ea63…Swami Sivananda
9.16 अहम् I? क्रतुः sacrifice? अहम् I? यज्ञः the sacrifice? स्वधा the offering to Pitris or ancestors? अहम् I? अहम् I? औषधम् the medicinal herbs and all plants? मन्त्रः sacred syllable? अहम् I? अहम् I? एव also? आज्यम् ghee or clarified butter? अहम् I? अग्निः the fire? अहम् I? हुतम् the offering.Commentary Kratu is a kind of Vedic sacrifice.Yajna is the worship enjoined in the Smriti or the holy books laying down lay and the code of conduct.I am the Mantra? the chant with which the oblation is offered to the manes or ancestors? and the shining ones (the Devatas or gods).Hutam also means the act of offering.Aushadham All plants including rice and barley or medicine that can cure diseases. (Cf.IV.24)
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