9.18
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी
निवासः शरणं सुहृत् ।
प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं
निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥
gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन). The list of "I am" still has no new finite verb.
The verse
I am the goal, the bearer, the lord, the witness, the dwelling, the refuge, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the place, the store, the imperishable seed.
नेपालीमा
म लक्ष्य, धान्ने, प्रभु, साक्षी, बास, आश्रय, मित्र, उत्पत्ति, लय, ठाउँ, भण्डार र अविनाशी बीज हुँ।
Where it sits
The "I am" of 9.16 and 9.17 finishes its sweep. Everything a person walks toward, hides in, or watches a world begin and end by, he names as himself. 9.19 will put verbs back under that claim: heat, rain, death, and what is.
Split: गतिः + भर्ता + प्रभुः + साक्षी + निवासः + शरणम् + सुहृत् + प्रभवः + प्रलयः + स्थानम् + निधानम् + बीजम् + अव्ययम्
gatiḥ + bhartā + prabhuḥ + sākṣī + nivāsaḥ + śaraṇam + suhṛt + prabhavaḥ + pralayaḥ + sthānam + nidhānam + bījam + avyayam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| गतिः | gatiḥ | nominative | the going, the goal one goes to. |
| भर्ता | bhartā | nominative of bhartṛ (भर्तृ) | the bearer. From bhṛ (भृ). |
| प्रभुः | prabhuḥ | nominative | the lord. pra-bhū (प्र-भू). |
| साक्षी | sākṣī | nominative of sākṣin (साक्षिन्) | the witness. |
| निवासः | nivāsaḥ | nominative | the dwelling. |
| शरणम् | śaraṇam | nominative | the refuge. |
| सुहृत् | suhṛt | nominative | the good-hearted friend. su (सु) "good," hṛd (हृद्) "heart." |
| प्रभवः | prabhavaḥ | nominative | the coming-forth, the origin. |
| प्रलयः | pralayaḥ | nominative | the dissolution. |
| स्थानम् | sthānam | nominative | the standing-place. |
| निधानम् | nidhānam | nominative | the store, where a thing is laid down. |
| बीजम् | bījam | nominative | the seed. |
| अव्ययम् | avyayam | nominative | imperishable. With bījam (बीजम्). |
The phrases
gatiḥ bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī (गतिः भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी) is goal, bearer, lord, witness. nivāsaḥ śaraṇam suhṛt (निवासः शरणम् सुहृत्) is where one lives, where one flees, and the friend.
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ (प्रभवः प्रलयः) are the two ends of a world: the arising and the dissolving. स्थानं निधानं बीजम् अव्ययम् sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam is the place, the store, and the seed that does not decay.
Sanskrit in this line
suhṛt (सुहृत्) is the nominative of a stem that ends in a consonant, suhṛd (सुहृद्). It does not grow a visarga. गतिः + भर्ता gatiḥ + bhartā is recited gatir bhartā (गतिर्भर्ता): iḥ (इः) before a voiced consonant becomes ir (इर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say the origin and the dissolution as a pair. If pralayaḥ (प्रलयः) drops, stay here.