अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥
aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | aham ādiś ca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca ||
- अहम् · aham
- I
- आत्मा · ātmā
- the self
- गुडाकेश · guḍākeśa
- O Gudakesha (Arjuna)
- सर्वभूताशयस्थितः · sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ
- dwelling in the hearts of all beings
- आदिः · ādiḥ
- the beginning
- मध्यम् · madhyam
- the middle
- भूतानाम् · bhūtānām
- of beings
- अन्तः · antaḥ
- the end
“I am the self, O Gudakesha, dwelling in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of beings.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT The same living presence dwells in every heart, including yours.
The catalogue opens inward before ranging outward: the first glory is the indwelling self. Time's three joints are also claimed together. Every later splendor is a wave of this inward sea. It is like the same current inside every phone in a shop, present from morning opening to night closing.
— Reader's notes (original)