BG 13.22

उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः ।
परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः ॥
upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ
paramātmeti cāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ

Word-for-word meanings

asmin dehe — in this body;  paraḥ — [there is] another;  puruṣaḥ — conscious Self;  uktaḥ api — who is also referred to;  iti — thus;  upadraṣṭā — as the witness;  anumantā — the sanctioner;  ca — and;  bhartā — the sustainer;  bhoktā — the protector;  mahā-īśvaraḥ — the Almighty Ruler;  ca — and;  parama-ātmā — the Supreme Immanent Self (Paramātmā).

Translation

In this body there is another puruṣa who is also referred to as the witness, the sanctioner, the sustainer, the protector, the Almighty Ruler and the Supreme Immanent Self (Paramātmā).

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