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तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि | अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ||९-१९||
tapāmyahamahaṃ varṣaṃ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca . amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna ||9-19||
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The Translation

“I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality and also death, existence and non-existence, O Arjuna.”

Commentary & Insights

Krishna shifts from describing personal relationships to cosmic scale phenomena, explaining that all natural forces and existential dualities originate from and resolve back into Him.

Practical Application
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When faced with a difficult situation or ending today, practice radical acceptance: remind yourself that light and dark are both necessary parts of the journey.

Reflections & Notes
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Self-Reflection Prompts
  • If God is both 'immortality' (*amṛtam*) and 'death' (*mṛtyuḥ*), how does this help us accept death as a divine function rather than a tragic error of nature?
  • How does seeing God as both *sat* (manifest) and *asat* (unmanifest) expand our understanding of reality beyond what is physically visible?

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9.19
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च