Bhagavad Gita 9.19 meaningThe open secret

In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it

“I bring the heat and the rain. I am life and death.”

What it means

“I give heat; I hold back and send down rain. I am immortality and death, what is and what is not.”

The original Sanskrit

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥

tapāmyahamahaṃ varṣaṃ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna

Literal translation

O Arjuna, I give heat, I withhold and pour down rain. I am verily the nectar, and also death existence and nonexistence.

Swami Gambhirananda

हिंदी अनुवाद

हे अर्जुन ! मैं ही (सूर्य रूप में) तपता हूँ; मैं वर्षा का निग्रह और उत्सर्जन करता हूँ। मैं ही अमृत और मृत्यु एवं सत् और असत् हूँ।

Swami Tejomayananda

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