BG 9.19

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥
tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca
amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna

Word-for-word meanings

aham — I;  tapāmi — radiate heat;  aham — [and] I;  nigṛhṇāmi — restrain;  ca — and;  utsṛjāmi — send forth;  varṣam — the rain;  aham — I [am];  amṛtam — immortality;  ca eva — and indeed;  mṛtyuḥ — death;  ca — as well as;  sat — the cause;  ca — and;  asat — the effect;  arjuna — O Arjuna.

Translation

I radiate heat, and I restrain and send forth the rain. I am immortality and indeed death, as well as the cause and the effect, O Arjuna.

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