Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 4

Krishna said
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥8.4॥

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatamadhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara

Meaning

Krishna continues: Adhibhuta is everything that perishes and changes. Adhidaiva is the cosmic Person who presides over the divine powers. And adhiyajna, the lord of all sacrifice, is I myself, dwelling here in the body, O best of the embodied.

हिंदी में अर्थ

श्रीकृष्ण आगे कहते हैं: जो कुछ नष्ट होता और बदलता रहता है, वह अधिभूत है। सब दैवी शक्तियों का अधिष्ठाता परम पुरुष अधिदैव है। और हे देहधारियों में श्रेष्ठ, इस शरीर में रहने वाला यज्ञ का स्वामी अधियज्ञ मैं ही हूँ।

Practise it today

Pick one routine task today, like cooking or cleaning, and do it as an offering, with full care, as if the divine within you were receiving it.

Reflect tonight

How did the task feel different when you did it as an offering?

DevotionNature of the worldThe Self

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