From the Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 8, Verse 4

अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् |अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ||८-४||

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam . adhiyajño.ahamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||8-4||

अर्थ · Hindi

।।8.4।। हे देहधारियों में श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! नश्वर वस्तु (पंचमहाभूत) अधिभूत और पुरुष अधिदैव है; इस शरीर में मैं ही अधियज्ञ हूँ।।

Meaning · English

8.4 Adhibhuta (knowledge of the elements) pertains to My perishable Nature and the Purusha or the Soul is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best among the embodied (men).

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