Chapter 10, Verse 33
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च। अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः।।10.33।।
akṣarāṇām akāro'smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca | ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātā'haṃ viśvatomukhaḥ ||10.33||
Word by word
- अक्षराणाम्
- of letters
- अकारः
- the letter A
- अस्मि
- I am
- द्वन्द्वः
- the dvandva (compound of pairs)
- सामासिकस्य
- of compounds
- च
- and
- अहम्
- I
- एव
- indeed/verily
- अक्षयः
- imperishable
- कालः
- time
- धाता
- the creator/sustainer
- अहम्
- I
- विश्वतोमुखः
- facing in all directions (omnipresent)
Commentary
33. Of letters the letter 'A' am I, and dvandva of all compounds ; I am, verily, the inexhaustible Time ; I am the All-faced Dispenser. 1 Time ' here refers either to what is generally so called, — viz., ' kshana, ' a moment, the ultimate element of time, — or to the Supreme Lord who is the Time (Kala=the Measurer) even of time. I am the Dispenser of results of actions to the whole world.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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