Krishna systematically deconstructs the components of a Vedic sacrifice, identifying Himself as every single element. He declares: I am the Vedic ritual (kratuḥ), I am the sacrifice itself (yajñaḥ), I am the offering made to the ancestors (svadhā), and I am the healing herb or medicinal plant (auṣadham). Furthermore, I am the transcendental mantra chanted (mantraḥ), I am the clarified butter used as oblations (ājyam), I am the sacred fire (agniḥ), and I am the very act of offering into the fire (hutam).