भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥ २९ ॥
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥ २९ ॥
bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram .
suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati .. 29 ..
On knowing Me,—the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities, the Great Lord of all Worlds, the Friend of all beings,—he goes to Peace.
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I am Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities, both as their author and as their Devatā (i.e., as the God whose grace is sought by their means). I am the Friend of all, doing good to them without expecting any return for it. Lying in the heart of all beings I am the dispenser of the fruits of all actions and the witness of all cognitions. On knowing Me, they attain peace, the cessation of all samsara.