अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् | मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ||९-१६||
ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham . mantro.ahamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṃ hutam ||9-16||
- aham
- I
- kratuḥ
- Vedic ritual
- aham
- I
- yajñaḥ
- smṛti sacrifice
- svadhā
- oblation
- aham
- I
- aham
- I
- auṣadham
- healing herb
- mantraḥ
- transcendental chant
- aham
- I
- aham
- I
- eva
- certainly
- ājyam
- melted butter
- aham
- I
- agniḥ
- fire
- aham
- I
- hutam
- offering
But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering.