Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.4
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.4 · 8 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
।।8.4।। --,अधिभूतं प्राणिजातम् अधिकृत्य भवतीति। कोऽसौ क्षरः क्षरतीति क्षरः विनाशी भावः यत्किञ्चित् जनिमत् वस्तु इत्यर्थः। पुरुषः पूर्णम् अनेन सर्वमिति पुरि शयनात् वा पुरुषः आदित्यान्तर्गतो हिण्यगर्भः सर्वप्राणिकरणानाम् अनुग्राहकः सः अधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञः सर्वयज्ञाभिमानिनी विष्ण्वाख्या देवता यज्ञो वै विष्णुः इति श्रुतेः। स हि विष्णुः अहमेव अत्र अस्मिन् देहे यो यज्ञः तस्य अहम् अधियज्ञः यज्ञो हि देहनिर्वर्त्यत्वेन देहसमवायी इति देहाधिकरणो भवति देहभृतां वर।।
8.4 Adhibhutam, that which exists in the physical plane, i.e. that which exists by comprising all creatures;-what is it?-it consists of the ksarah bhavah, mutable entity. Ksarah is that which is mutable, which is destructible; bhavah means anything whatsoever that has orgination. This is meaning. Purusah means the Person, derived in the sense of he by whom all things are pervaded; or, he who lies in every heart. He is Hiranyagarbha, who resides in the Sun and sustains the organs of all creatures. He is adhi-daivatam, the entity existing in the divine plane. Deha-bhrtam-vara, O best among the embodied beings; adhiyajnah, the entity existing in sacrifices, is the Deity, called Visnu, presiding over all sacrifices-which agrees with the Vedic text, 'Sacrifice is indeed Vishu' (Tai, Sam. 1.7.4). Aham eva, I Myself, who am that very Visnu; am adhiyajnah, the entity existing in the sacrifice; which is going on atra dehe, in this body. Since a sacrfice is performed with body, therefore it is closely associated with the body. In this sense it is said to be going on in the body.