Chapter9 Shloka24 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 9 : Guhya Yoga, the Confidential knowledge

Ch 09 : Sh 24

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च ।
न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥

Transliteration

ahaṃ hi sarva-yajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhur-eva ca |
na tu mām-abhijānanti tattvenātaś-cyavanti te || 24 ||

Translation

. For, I alone am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.

Purport

In the last Shloka, Bhagvan Shri Krishna explained that any prayer or worship offered to other deities is actually the worship of Shri Krishna indirectly. No matter what we offer to other deities in sacrifice(Yajna/Havana/homa etc) all reach to Shri Krishna, because Shri Krishna alone is the enjoyer of all sacrifices offered nobody else. For this reason, Shri Krishna is called Adhiyajna also, as described in Chapter 8, Sh 4
“adhiyajño’hamevātra”
And I Myself am the enjoyer of Yajna(Adhijajna)

Also to remind yajna is one among 21-22 incarnations of Lord Shri Krishna. As mentioned in Shrimad Bahgvat Purana yajna is the 7th Incarnation in order

The fact about Yajna/ Homa/Havana, therefore, is that all offers no matter offered to which deity reaches to Shri Krishna, as he himself is the only enjoyer of all Yajna/Homa/Havana. This is the eternal truth. If somebody does not recognize and performs any sacrifice(Yajna), homa/ Havana or Puja with any other understanding may be lost in the wrong direction and reach to an unknown destination.