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BG 5.29 — 5.29 He who knows Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds and the friend of all beings, attains to peace. | Live Gita
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भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् |
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ||५-२९||

bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram . suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati ||5-29||


।।5.29।। (साधक भक्त) मुझे यज्ञ और तपों का भोक्ता और सम्पूर्ण लोकों का महान् ईश्वर तथा भूतमात्र का सुहृद् (मित्र) जानकर शान्ति को प्राप्त होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

5.29 भोक्तारम् the enjoyer? यज्ञतपसाम् of sacrifices and austerities? सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् the great Lord of all worlds? सुहृदम् friend? सर्वभूतानाम् of all beings? ज्ञात्वा having known? माम् Me? शान्तिम् peace? ऋच्छति attains.Commentary I am the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities. I am their author? goal and their God. I am the friend of all beings? the doer of good to them without expecting any return for it. I am the dispenser of the fruits of all actions and the silent witness of their mind

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।5.29।।इस प्रकार समाहितचित्त हुए पुरुषद्वारा जाननेयोग्य क्या है इसपर कहते हैं ( मनुष्य ) मुझ नारायणको कर्तारूपसे और देवरूपसे समस्त यज्ञों और तपोंका भोक्ता सर्वलोकमहेश्वर अर्थात् सब लोकोंका महान् ईश्वर समस्त प्राणियोंका सुहृद् प्रत्युपकार न चाहकर उनका उपकार करनेवाला सब भूतोंके हृदयमें स्थित सब कर्मोंके फलोंका स्वामी और सब संकल्पोंका साक्षी जानकर शान्तिको अर्थात् सब संसारसे उपरामताको प्राप्त हो जाता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

5.29 One attains Peace by knowing Me who, as the great Lord of all the worlds, am the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, (and) who am the friend of all creatures.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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