Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal SecretKrishna
Verse 19
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 9, श्लोक 19
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन॥१९॥
Transliteration
Tapamy-Aham-Aham Varsham Nigrihnaamy-Utsrijami Cha.
Amritam Chaiva Mrityush-Cha Sad-Asach-Cha-Aham-Arjuna.||19||
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
तपामिtapamiI give heat
अहम्ahamI
अहम्ahamI
वर्षम्varshamrain
निगृह्णामिnigrihamiI withhold
उत्सृजामिutsrijamiI send forth
चchaand
अमृतम्amritamimmortality
चchaand
एवevaindeed
मृत्युःmrityuhdeath
चchaand
सत्satbeing/existence
असत्asatnon-being
अहम्ahamI am
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
हे अर्जुन! मैं ही (सूर्यरूप से) ताप देता हूँ, मैं ही वर्षा को रोकता और बरसाता हूँ। मैं ही अमृत (अमरता) और मृत्यु हूँ — सत् (अस्तित्व) और असत् (अनस्तित्व) दोनों मैं ही हूँ।
English Translation
O Arjuna, I give heat (as the sun). I withhold and send forth rain. I am both immortality and death, being and non-being — I am all of this.
Commentary (टीका)
Krishna encompasses all pairs of opposites within Himself. He is both the heat of the sun and the cooling rain, both immortality and death, both existence and non-existence. The Divine transcends duality — good and bad, life and death, being and non-being are all aspects of the one infinite reality. This is the ultimate non-dual vision.