Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 6

Chapter 4/Verse 6

अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् ।

प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया ॥४-६॥

ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san ।
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya saṃbhavāmyātmamāyayā ॥4-6॥

Even though being unborn, an imperishable self, the lord of beings, and having governance over my own nature, I come into being by the magical power of the self.
Word-for-word translations 

ajas (masculine, nominative, singular) = unborn

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even though

san (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = being

avyayātmā (avyaya + ātmā) (compound) (masculine, nominative, singular) = imperishable self

bhūtānām (masculine, genitive, plural) = of beings

īśvaras (masculine, nominative, singular) = lord

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even though

san (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = being


prakṛtim (feminine, accusative, singular) = nature

svām (feminine, accusative, singular) = my own

adhiṣṭhāya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having governance over

saṃbhavāmi (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I come into being

ātmamāyayā (ātma + māyayā) (compound) (feminine, instrumental, singular) = by the magical power of the self

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