Sanskrit · Devanagari
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882the goal the sustainer the lord the supervisor the residence the asylum the friend the source and that in which it merges the support the receptacle and the inexhaustible seed.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।9.18।। --,गतिः कर्मफलम्? भर्ता पोष्टा? प्रभुः स्वामी? साक्षी प्राणिनां कृताकृतस्य? निवासः यस्मिन् प्राणिनो निवसन्ति? शरणम् आर्तानाम्? प्रपन्नानामार्तिहरः। सुहृत् प्रत्युपकारानपेक्षः सन् उपकारी? प्रभवः उत्पत्तिः जगतः? प्रलयः प्रलीयते अस्मिन् इति? तथा स्थानं तिष्ठति अस्मिन् इति? निधानं निक्षेपः कालान्तरोपभोग्यं प्राणिनाम्? बीजं प्ररोहकारणं प्ररोहधर्मिणाम्? अव्ययं यावत्संसारभावित्वात् अव्ययम्? न हि अबीजं किञ्चित् प्ररोहति नित्यं च प्ररोहदर्शनात् बीजसंततिः न व्येति इति गम्यते।।किञ्च --,
ce0222962cc1…Rāmānuja
9.18 'Gaith' means that which is reached. The meaning is that it is the place to be reached from everywhere. The 'supporter' is one who props. The 'ruler' is one who rules. The 'witness' is one who sees directly. The 'abode' is that where one dwells in as in a house etc. The 'refuge' is the intelligent being wh has to be sought, as he leads one to the attainment of desirable things and avoidance of evils. A 'friend' is one who wishes well. The 'base' is that place in which origin and dissolution takes place. I alone am that 'Nidhana', that which is preserved. What comes into being and is dissolved is Myself. The imperishable seed is that exhaustless cause everywhere. I alone am that.
565a4852f329…Swami Sivananda
9.18 गतिः the goal? भर्ता the supporter? प्रभुः the Lord? साक्षी the witness? निवासः the abode? शरणम् the shelter? सुहृत् the friend? प्रभवः the origin? प्रलयः the dissolution? स्थानम् the foundation? निधानम् the treasurehouse? बीजम् the seed? अव्ययम् imperishable.Commentary I am the goal? the fruit of action. He who nourishes and supports is the huand. I am the witness of the good and evil actions done by the Jivas (individuals). I am the abode wherein all living beings dwell. I am the shelter or refuge for the distressed. I relieve the sufferings of those who take shelter under Me. I am the friend? i.e.? I do good without expecting any return. I am the source of this universe. In Me the whole world is dissolved. I am the mainstay or the foundation of this world. I am the treasurehouse which living beings shall enjoy in the future. I am the imperishable see? i.e.? the cause of the origin of all beings. Therefore? take shelter under My feet.
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