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Bhagavad Gita 10.33

अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च। अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः।।

अहमेवाक्षय: कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुख: || 33|| akṣharāṇām a-kāro ’smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya cha aham evākṣhayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṁ viśhvato-mukhaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
akṣharāṇāmakṣharāṇāmamongst all letters
a-kāraḥa-kāraḥthe beginning letter “A”
asmiasmiI am
dvandvaḥdvandvaḥthe dual
sāmāsikasyasāmāsikasyaamongst grammatical compounds
chachaand
ahamahamI
evaevaonly
akṣhayaḥakṣhayaḥendless
kālaḥkālaḥtime
dhātādhātāamongst the creators
ahamahamI
viśhwataḥ-mukhaḥviśhwataḥ-mukhaḥBrahma

Among the letters of the alphabet, I am the letter 'A' and the dual among compounds. I am verily the inexhaustible and everlasting time; I am the dispenser of the fruits of actions, having faces in all directions.

मैं अक्षरों (वर्णमाला) में अकार और समासों में द्वन्द्व (नामक समास) हूँ; मैं अक्षय काल और विश्वतोमुख (विराट् स्वरूप) धाता हूँ।।