Bhagavad Gita · 9.19
॥
Devanāgarī
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca |
amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad-asac cāham arjuna ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तपामि अहम्tapāmi ahamI give heat, I radiate warmth.
अहम् वर्षम्aham varṣamI am the rain.
निगृह्णामिnigṛhṇāmiI withhold.
उत्सृजामि चutsṛjāmi caand I send forth.
अमृतम् च एवamṛtam ca evaand immortality also.
मृत्युः चmṛtyuḥ caand death.
सत् असत् चsat asat caboth spirit (sat) and matter (asat).
अहम्ahamI.
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
Translation
“O Arjuna, I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rains. I am immortality, and I am also death. I am both spirit and matter.”
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