Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingअहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।
मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्
ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣhadham
mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaI am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the oblation, I am the medicinal herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
मैं ऋक्रतु हूँ; मैं यज्ञ हूँ; स्वधा और औषध मैं हूँ, मैं मन्त्र हूँ, घी हूँ, मैं अग्नि हूँ और हुतं अर्थात् हवन कर्म मैं हूँ।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiअहङ् क्रतु रहँय् यज्ञः
स्वधा हम हमौ षधम्
मन्त्रो ऽहम हमेवा ज्यम्
अह मग्निर हं हुतम्
॥ १६ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthaahamI
kratuḥVedic ritual
ahamI
yajñaḥsacrifice
svadhāoblation
ahamI
ahamI
auṣhadhammedicinal herb
mantraḥVedic mantra
ahamI
ahamI
evaalso
ājyamclarified butter
ahamI
agniḥfire
ahamI
hutamthe act offering
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA9.16In the entire world of ritual — what all is Kṛṣṇa?
I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the oblation, I am the medicinal herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.