BG 10.20

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।
अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥
aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ
aham ādiś ca madhyaṁ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca

Word-for-word meanings

guḍākeśa — O Arjuna;  aham — I [am];  ātmā — the Self;  āśaya-sthitaḥ — situated in the heart;  sarva-bhūta — of all beings;  aham eva — I indeed [am];  ādiḥ — the beginning;  ca — and;  madhyam — the middle;  ca — and;  antaḥ — the end;  ca — as well;  bhūtānām — of all living beings.

Translation

O Guḍākeśa, I am the Self, situated in the hearts of all beings; I indeed am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all of them.

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