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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||

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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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