BG 10.33
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च ।
अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥
अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥
akṣarāṇām a-kāro ’smi
dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca
aham evākṣayaḥ kālo
dhātāhaṁ viśvato-mukhaḥ
dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca
aham evākṣayaḥ kālo
dhātāhaṁ viśvato-mukhaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
akṣarāṇām — of letters; asmi — I am; a-kāraḥ — the letter “a; ” ca — and; sāmāsikasya — of compounds; dvandvaḥ — the dual compound; aham eva — I indeed [am]; akṣayaḥ — eternal; kālaḥ — time; aham — [and] I [am]; dhātā — Brahmā; viśvataḥ-mukhaḥ — who faces all directions.
Translation
Of letters I am the letter “a,” and of compound words I am the dual compound (dvandva). I indeed am eternal time, and I am Brahmā who faces all directions.