Adhyāya 8Ch 8•Verse 4
"O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature..."
Adhyāya 8 • Shloka 4
अधिभूतं क्षरो भाव: पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् | अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर || ४ ||
adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam | adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛtāṃ vara || 4 ||
"O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibhuta [the material manifestation]. The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I, the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the heart, am called adhiyajna [the Lord of sacrifice]."