Chapter 9, Verse 18
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt| prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam||9.18||
Word by word
- गतिः
- the goal (of all beings)
- भर्ता
- the supporter/sustainer
- प्रभुः
- the lord/master
- साक्षी
- the witness
- निवासः
- the abode/dwelling place
- शरणं
- the refuge
- सुहृत्
- the true friend/well-wisher
- प्रभवः
- the origin/source (of creation)
- प्रलयः
- the dissolution (place of destruction)
- स्थानं
- the foundation/resting place
- निधानं
- the treasure-house/repository
- बीजम्
- the seed (cause)
- अव्ययम्
- imperishable
Commentary
18. I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Shelter md. the Friend, the Origin, Dissolution and Stay, the Treasure- house, the Seed imperishable.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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गतिः
भर्ता
प्रभुः
साक्षी
निवासः
शरणं
सुहृत्
प्रभवः
प्रलयः
स्थानं
निधानं
बीजम्
अव्ययम्
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