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Chapter 9 · Verse 24 · Raja Vidya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 9.24

devotional Jnana & Wisdom Bhakti & Devotion Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

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

Transliteration

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

Word by Word

aham I
hi verily
sarva of all
yajñānām sacrifices
bhoktā the enjoyer
cha and
prabhuḥ the Lord
eva only
cha and
na not
tu but
mām me
abhijānanti realize
tattvena divine nature
ataḥ therefore
chyavanti fall down (wander in samsara)
te they
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate secret: He alone is the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices—not distant, not abstract, but the living consciousness within every act of worship. When we understand this truth deeply, we realize that separation between giver, gift, and receiver dissolves into one unified field of divine presence.

Yet those who perform rituals, charity, and spiritual practices without this inner recognition remain trapped in the wheel of becoming, endlessly wandering through cycles of birth and consequence. In modern life, this means that any action—work, service, love—becomes liberating only when we perform it with the awareness that we are instruments of something greater than our small self.

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Bhagavad Gita 9.24 — BG 9.24

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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