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Bhagavad Gītā 9.18

BG 9.18

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्

gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣhī nivāsaḥ śharaṇaṁ suhṛit prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam

I am the goal, the sustainer, the Lord, the witness, the home, the shelter, the lover, and the origin; I am life and death; I am the fountain and the imperishable seed.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, and the imperishable seed.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

gatiḥ—the supreme goal; bhartā—sustainer; prabhuḥ—master; sākṣhī—witness; nivāsaḥ—abode; śharaṇam—shelter; su-hṛit—friend; prabhavaḥ—the origin; pralayaḥ—dissolution; sthānam—store house; nidhānam—resting place; bījam—seed; avyayam—imperishable

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 9.18, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/9.18), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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