Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 19

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Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 19
tapamy aham aham varsam
nigrhnamy utsrjami ca
amrtam caiva mrtyus ca
sad asac caham arjuna

SYNONYMS
tapami--give heat; aham--I; aham--I; varsam--rain; nigrhnami--
withhold; utsrjami--send forth; ca--and; amrtam--immortality; ca--and;
eva--certainly; mrtyuh--death; ca--and; sat--being; asat--nonbeing;
ca--and; aham--I; arjuna--O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION
O Arjuna, I control heat, the rain and the drought. I am immortality,
and I am also death personified. Both being and nonbeing are in Me.

EXPLANATION
Krsna, by His different energies, diffuses heat and light through the
agency of electricity and the sun. During summer season it is Krsna
who checks rain from falling from the sky, and then, during the rainy
season, He gives unceasing torrents of rain. The energy which sustains
us by prolonging the duration of our life is Krsna, and Krsna meets us
at the end as death. By analyzing all these different energies of
Krsna, one can ascertain that for Krsna there is no distinction
between matter and spirit, or, in other words, He is both matter and
spirit. In the advanced stage of Krsna consciousness, one does not
therefore make such distinctions. He sees Krsna only in everything.
Since Krsna is both matter and spirit, the gigantic universal form
comprising all material manifestations is also Krsna, and His pastimes
in Vrndavana as two-handed Syamasundara, playing on a flute, are those
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"Our salary is the essence of what we work for. Similarly the only
meaningful essence of our life is how much we have chanted the Lord's
Name and remembered Him throughout our lives."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, to
realize the supreme basis of immortality.