Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 20

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः । अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च

ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca

Translation

I am the Self, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning and the middle, as also the end, of all beings.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

aham

I

ātmā

the self

guḍākeśa

O Guḍākeśa

sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ

(of) all, of beings, in the heart, seated

aham

I

ādiḥ

the beginning

ca

and

madhyam

the middle

ca

and

bhūtānām

of beings

antaḥ

the end

eva

even

ca

and

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

You should think of Me as the innermost Self, seated in the heart within of all beings. 'Guḍākeśa' means either 'conqueror of sleep' or 'thick-haired.' He who is unable to think of Me as the Self should think of Me in those things which are mentioned below; for I am the source, the stay, and the end of all beings.