Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 29
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति
bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram | suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati
Translation
On knowing Me — the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities, the Great Lord of all worlds, the Friend of all beings — he goes to Peace.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- bhoktāram
- the enjoyer
- yajñatapasām
- of yajñas, and, of austerities, and
- sarvalokamaheśvaram
- of all, (of) worlds, the great lord
- suhṛdam
- the lover
- sarvabhūtānām
- of all creatures
- jñātvā
- having known
- mām
- me
- śāntim
- to peace
- ṛcchati
- obtains
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
I am Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities, both as their author and as their Devatā (i.e., as the God whose grace is sought by their means). I am the Friend of all, doing good to them without expecting any return for it. Lying in the heart of all beings, I am the dispenser of the fruits of all actions and the witness of all cognitions. On knowing Me, they attain peace, the cessation of all saṃsāra.