Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 16
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 9 श्लोक 16

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।
मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 9.16)
।।9.16।।(टिप्पणी प0 503) क्रतु मैं हूँ? यज्ञ मैं हूँ? स्वधा मैं हूँ? औषध मैं हूँ? मन्त्र मैं हूँ? घृत मैं हूँ? अग्नि मैं हूँ और हवनरूप क्रिया भी मैं हूँ। जाननेयोग्य? पवित्र? ओंकार? ऋग्वेद? सामवेद और यजुर्वेद भी मैं ही हूँ। इस सम्पूर्ण जगत्का पिता? धाता? माता? पितामह? गति? भर्ता? प्रभु? साक्षी? निवास? आश्रय? सुहृद्? उत्पत्ति? प्रलय? स्थान? निधान तथा अविनाशी बीज भी मैं ही हूँ।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Lord Krishna being the universal self is being declared in  this  verse  and
the next three. He states He is Kratu or Vedic rituals such as agnistoma  or
fire offerings. He is also Yagna or offerings of propitiation prescribed  in
the Vedic scriptures known as Smritis or those books  of  Vedic  injunctions
and knowledge which has been remembered and recorded throughout history.  He
is sraddha or the oblations to the departed ancestors.  He  is  the  healing
potency within  medicinal herbs in the forests. He is the mantra  or  sacred
Vedic invocations recited in exact meter of great  potency  uttered  at  the
commencement of any Vedic ritual and during its performance. He is also  the
ghee or clarified butter extracted exclusively from the milk  of  cow  which
being offered into the fire validates the right and gives the  means  for  a
yagna to be performed. So He is verily the fire, the offering put  into  the
fire and the yagna as well.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary



Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary





So in this verse Lord Krishna describes some  of  His  qualities  concerning
Vedic rituals.


He is Kratu or Vedic rituals like Jyotishtoma  which  awards  Swarga  the
heavenly planets


He is Yagna or the act  of  daily  propitiation  enjoined  in  the  Vedic
scriptures


He is Sraddha  the food oblations offered to the departed  ancestors  and
presiding deities


He is ausadham the potency within the healing medicinal herb


He is the mantra or the sacred verses chanted at the performance  of  all
Vedic rituals


He is ajam or the ghee which is clarified  butter  extracted  exclusively
from cows milk.


He is the fire known as Ahavaniyas the sacrificial fire ignited from  the
consecrated fire.


He is hutam denoting homan or the oblations offered into the fire and the
ritual itself.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
So in this verse Lord Krishna describes some  of  His  qualities  concerning
Vedic rituals.


He is Kratu or Vedic rituals like Jyotishtoma  which  awards  Swarga  the
heavenly planets


He is Yagna or the act  of  daily  propitiation  enjoined  in  the  Vedic
scriptures


He is Sraddha  the food oblations offered to the departed  ancestors  and
presiding deities


He is ausadham the potency within the healing medicinal herb


He is the mantra or the sacred verses chanted at the performance  of  all
Vedic rituals


He is ajam or the ghee which is clarified  butter  extracted  exclusively
from cows milk.


He is the fire known as Ahavaniyas the sacrificial fire ignited from  the
consecrated fire.


He is hutam denoting homan or the oblations offered into the fire and the
ritual itself.