Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Bhagavad-gita: I am the A-kara, Dual compound, Inexhaustible time, Brahma(The Opulence of the Absolute, Text 33, Chapter 10)




Sri-Bhagavan Uvaca

aksaranam a-karo' smi

dvandvah samasikasya ca
aham evaksayah kalo
dhataham visvato-mukhah

(The Opulence of the Absolute, Text 33, Chapter 10)

Meaning: Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words  I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma.

A-kara, the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, is the beginning of the Vedic literature. Without a-kara, nothing can be sounded; therefore it is the beginning of sound.

Dual compound: In Sanskrit there are also many compound words, of which the dual word, like rama-krsna, is called dvandva. In this compound, the words rama and krsna have the same form, and therefore the compound is called dual.

Inexhaustible time: Among all kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills eveything.

Brahma:  Among the living entities who are creators, Brahma, who has four heads, is the chief. Therefore he is a representative of the Supreme Lord.


Bhagavad-gita: I am the A-kara, Dual compound, Inexhaustible time, Brahma(The Opulence of the Absolute, Text 33, Chapter 10)

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