BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:33

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:33

 

aksaranam a-karo 'smi

dvandvah samasikasya ca

aham evaksayah kalo

dhataham visvato-mukhah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

aksaranam--of letters; a-karah--the first letter; asmi--I am;

dvandvah--the dual; samasikasya--of compounds; ca--and; aham--I am;

eva--certainly; aksayah--eternal; kalah--time; dhata--the creator;

aham--I am; visvatah-mukhah--Brahma.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual

compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma.

 

PURPORT

 

A-kara, the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, is the beginning of

the Vedic literature. Without a-kara, nothing can be sounded;

therefore it is the beginning of sound. In Sanskrit there are also

many compound words, of which the dual word, like rama-krsna, is

called dvandva. In this compound, the words rama and krsna have the

same form, and therefore the compound is called dual.

 

Among all kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills

everything. Time is the representative of Krsna because in due course

of time there will be a great fire and everything will be annihilated.

 

Among the living entities who are creators, Brahma, who has four

heads, is the chief. Therefore he is a representative of the Supreme

Lord, Krsna.

 

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