BG 8.4

अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।
अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥
adhibhūtaṁ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam
adhiyajño ’ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛtāṁ vara

Word-for-word meanings

vara — O best;  deha-bhṛtām — of the embodied beings;  kṣaraḥ — perishable;  bhāvaḥ — existence;  adhibhūtam — [is] phenomenality;  puruṣaḥ — the cosmic being;  adhidaivatam — [is] the supreme deity of cosmic governance [He who presides over the devatās];  ca — and;  aham eva — I Myself [am];  adhiyajñaḥ — the impeller and bestower of the results of all action as the Immanent Self;  atra — [present] in this;  dehe — body.

Translation

O best of embodied beings, perishable existence [i.e., the existence of objects that are subject to passing away] is what is meant by phenomenality (adhibhūta), the cosmic being (puruṣa) is known as the supreme deity of cosmic governance (adhidaivata), and I Myself am the impeller and bestower of the results of all action in the form of the Immanent Self (adhiyajña) present in this body.

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