For Eternal Beginners
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणम् सुहृत् ।
प्रभव प्रलय स्थानम् निधानम् बीजम् अव्ययम् ॥ १८ ॥
gatirbhartA prabhuH sAkSI nivAsaH zaraNam suhRt |
prabhava pralaya sthAnam nidhAnam bIjam avyayam || 18 ||
गतिः [gatiH] The goal, भर्ता [bhartA] the bearer, प्रभुः [prabhuH] the Lord, साक्षी [sAkSI] the one who sees everything directly, निवासः [nivAsaH] a place to live in, शरणम् [zaraNam] the refuge, सुहृत् [suhRt] the well-wisher, प्रभव प्रलय स्थानम् [prabhava pralaya sthAnam] the place in which creation and destruction occur, निधानम् [nidhAnam] an investment, बीजम् [bIjam] the seed, अव्ययम् [avyayam] which does not wear out.
I am the goal - the various objectives that are to be achieved. I am the bearer - the one who carries the universe. I am the Lord who controls everything. I see everything directly.
I am a place where people stay, such as a home. I am the refuge - the person to whom you surrender for the experience of favorable things and the avoidance of the unfavorable. I am the well-wisher that you see around you.
A place where every creation and destruction happens - that is Me. Anything that’s kept as an investment, which gets created and then gets spent, that is Me. A cause that does not wear out - that’s Me.