Sanskrit · Devanagari
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च। अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
akṣarāṇāmakāro.asmi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Among letters I am the letter A, and among the group of compounds the copulative compound. I myself am time inexhaustible, and I the creator whose faces are in all directions.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।10.33।। --,अक्षराणां वर्णानाम् अकारः वर्णः अस्मि। द्वन्द्वः समासः अस्मि सामासिकस्य च समाससमूहस्य। किञ्च अहमेव अक्षयः अक्षीणः कालः प्रसिद्धः क्षणाद्याख्यः? अथवा परमेश्वरः कालस्यापि कालः अस्मि। धाता अहं कर्मफलस्य विधाता सर्वजगतः विश्वतोमुखः सर्वतोमुखः।।
00c5f8c03724…Rāmānuja
10.33 Of letters I am the alphabet 'a', which is the base of all letters as established in the Sruti: 'The letter 'a' itself is all speech' (Ai. Ai., 3.2.3). Samasika means collection of compound words. In it, I am the Dvandva compound; it is eminent because the meanings of both constituent terms are important. I am Myself imperishable Time composed of (divisions like) Kala, Muhurta etc. I am the four-faced Hiranyagarbha who is the creator of all.
bfa9b630c5a2…Swami Sivananda
10.33 अक्षराणाम् among letters? अकारः the letter A? अस्मि (I) am? द्वन्द्वः the dual? सामासिकस्य among all compounds? च and? अहम् I? एव verily? अक्षयः the inexhaustible or everlasting? कालः time? धाता the dispenser? अहम् I? विश्वतोमुखः the Allfaced (or having faces in all directions).Commentary Among the alphabets I am the letter A. Among the various kinds of compounds used in Sanskrit language I am the Dvandva (union of the two)? the copulative.Time here refers to the moment? the ultimate element of time or to Paramesvara? the Supreme Lord Who is the time of even time? since He is beyond time.As the Supreme Being is allpervading it is said that He has faces in all directions.
6e7a06544212…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.