Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 9.19

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णम्युत्सृजामि च अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन

tapāmyaham ahaṁ varṣhaṁ nigṛihṇāmyutsṛijāmi cha amṛitaṁ chaiva mṛityuśh cha sad asach chāham arjuna

Recitation · Text 9.19
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (17 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality and also death, being and non-being. The comfortable half and the frightening half are given equal weight in the same sentence.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The comforting half and the frightening half carry equal weight here.