Chapter 8

Verse 4

Bhagavad Gita

अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् |
अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ||८-४||
Transliteration

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam .
adhiyajño.ahamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||8-4||
English Meaning

8.4 Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee.