BG - 10.33

अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च। अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः।।10.33।।

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

• akṣharāṇām - amongst all letters
• a-kāraḥ - the beginning letter “A”
• asmi - I am
• dvandvaḥ - the dual
• sāmāsikasya - amongst grammatical compounds
• cha - and
• aham - I
• eva - only
• akṣhayaḥ - endless
• kālaḥ - time
• dhātā - amongst the creators
• aham - I
• viśhwataḥ-mukhaḥ - Brahma

Translation

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.

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