BG 9.18

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् ।
प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥
gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam

Word-for-word meanings

gatiḥ — [I am] the goal;  bhartā — the supporter;  prabhuḥ — the controller;  sākṣī — the witness;  nivāsaḥ — the abode;  śaraṇam — the refuge;  su-hṛt — the well-wishing friend;  prabhavaḥ — the creation;  pralayaḥ — the dissolution;  sthānam — the sustenance;  nidhānam — the repository;  avyayam — [and] the eternal;  bījam — seed.

Translation

I am the goal, the supporter, the controller, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the well-wishing friend, the creation, the dissolution, the sustenance, the repository, and the eternal seed.

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