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Bhagavad-gītā 10.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च ।
- अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥३३॥
- akṣarāṇām a-kāro 'smi
- dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca
- aham evākṣayaḥ kālo
- dhātāhaṁ viśvato-mukhaḥ
akṣarāṇāmof letters — of letters; a-kāraḥthe first letter — the first letter; asmiI am — I am; dvandvaḥthe dual — the dual; sāmāsikasyaof compounds — of compounds; caand — and; ahamI am — I am; evacertainly — certainly; akṣayaḥeternal — eternal; kālaḥtime — time; dhātāthe creator — the creator; ahamI am — I am; viśvataḥBrahmā-mukhaḥBrahmā — Brahmā.
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 Brahmā.
A-kāra, the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, is the beginning of the Vedic literature. Without a-kāra, nothing can be sounded; therefore it is the beginning of sound. In Sanskrit there are also many compound words, of which the dual word, like rāma-kṛṣṇa, is called dvandva. In this compound, the words rāma and kṛṣṇa have the same form, and therefore the compound is called dual.
Among all kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills everything. Time is the representative of Kṛṣṇa because in due course of time there will be a great fire and everything will be annihilated.
Among the living entities who are creators, Brahmā, who has four heads, is the chief. Therefore he is a representative of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.