BG 10.34

मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् ।
कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ॥
mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām
kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāṁ smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā

Word-for-word meanings

aham — I [am];  mṛtyuḥ — death;  sarva-haraḥ — which snatches away everything;  ca — and;  udbhavaḥ — [I am] the birth;  bhaviṣyatām — of future manifestations;  ca — as well;  nārīṇām — among women;  kīrtiḥ — [I am] fame;  śrīḥ — prosperity;  vāk — speech;  smṛtiḥ — memory;  medhā — intelligence;  dhṛtiḥ — fortitude;  ca — and;  kṣamā — forgiveness.

Translation

I am death which snatches away everything, and I am the birth of all that will come to be. Among women, I am the presiding goddesses of fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, fortitude, and forgiveness.

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