Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 292

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

ahaṃ kratur-ahaṃ yajñāḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham | mantro’ham aham-evājyam aham-agnir-ahaṃ hutam || 16 || 16. I am the Kratu; I am the Yajña; I am the offering to the manes; I am the herbs; I am the Mantra; I alone am the clarified butter; I am the fire; I am the act of oblating. Commentary I am the Kratu; which is the category of all the Vedic sacrifices such as the Jyotiṣṭoma and all the others. I am the Yajña — this refers to the fivefold daily sacrifices. I am the offering to the manes (Svadhā) — the libation offered to nourish the hosts of manes (Ancestors). I am the herbs — the grains that are offered into the fire. I am the Mantra — the formulae with which offerings are made. I alone am the clarified butter — which also implies other examples of offering too, such as the oblation of Soma juice etc. I am the fire — the three ritual Vedic fires known as Āhavaniya, Gārhapatya and Dakṣina. I am the act of oblating — the act of offering liquid into fire.