Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, Verse 18

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् । प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्

gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt | prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam

Translation

I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Shelter and the Friend, the Origin, Dissolution and Stay; the Treasure-house, the Seed imperishable.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

gatiḥ

the path

bhartā

the husband

prabhuḥ

the lord

sākṣī

the witness

nivāsaḥ

the abode

śaraṇam

the shelter

suhṛt

the lover

prabhavaḥ

the origin

pralayaḥ

the dissolution

sthānam

the foundation

nidhānam

the treasure-house

bījam

the seed

avyayam

inexhaustible

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

I am the goal, the fruit of action. I am the witness of what is done and what is not done by all living beings. I am the abode wherein all living beings dwell. I am the shelter for the distressed; I relieve from distress those who come to Me. I am the Friend: I do good without expecting any return. I am the source of the world. I am that in which it is dissolved, and that in which it stays. I am the treasure-house, that which living beings shall enjoy in a future period. I am the imperishable seed, that which causes the growth of all things that germinate, and which endures as long as the world (saṃsāra) endures.