Bhagavad Gita 9.16-19

Sanskrit

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् । मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥9.16॥पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः । वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥9.17॥गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् । प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥9.18॥तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥9.19॥

Transliteration

ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham | mantro'hamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṃ hutam ‖9.16‖ pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ | vedyaṃ pavitramoṅkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca ‖9.17‖ gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt | prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam ‖9.18‖ tapāmyahamahaṃ varṣaṃ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca | amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna ‖9.19‖

Meaning

“I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the medicinal herb, the mantra; I am the clarified butter, the fire, and the act of pouring. I am the father of this world, the mother, the supporter, the grandsire; the object of knowledge, the purifier, the syllable Om; the Rik, the Saman, and the Yajus. I am the goal, the sustainer, the lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend; the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, the imperishable seed. I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death; being and non-being am I, O Arjuna.”

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