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गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 9, Verse 18
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: he is the goal, the sustainer, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, and the imperishable seed, continuing the pattern with an almost overwhelming list of roles.

In life: sometimes the right response to something genuinely vast or important isn't to fully summarize it, but to simply keep naming more of its dimensions without needing closure.

Teaching: when trying to fully honor something genuinely significant in your life, resist the urge to compress it into one tidy sentence, let yourself name several of its actual dimensions instead.

gatiḥthe supreme goal
bhartāsustainer
prabhuḥmaster
sākṣhīwitness
nivāsaḥabode
śharaṇamshelter
su-hṛitfriend
prabhavaḥthe origin
pralayaḥdissolution
sthānamstore house
nidhānamresting place
bījamseed
avyayamimperishable

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
9.18 गतिः the goal? भर्ता the supporter? प्रभुः the Lord? साक्षी the witness? निवासः the abode? शरणम् the shelter? सुहृत् the friend? प्रभवः the origin? प्रलयः the dissolution? स्थानम् the foundation? निधानम् the treasurehouse? बीजम् the seed? अव्ययम् imperishable.Commentary I am the goal? the fruit of action. He who nourishes and supports is the huand. I am the witness of the good and evil actions done by the Jivas (individuals). I am the abode wherein all living beings dwell. I am the shelter or refuge for the distressed. I relieve the sufferings of those who take shelter under Me. I am the friend? i.e.? I do good without expecting any return. I am the source of this universe. In Me the whole world is dissolved. I am the mainstay or the foundation of this world. I am the treasurehouse which living beings shall enjoy in the future. I am the imperishable see? i.e.? the cause of the origin of all beings. Therefore? take shelter under My feet.