अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च | अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ||१०-३३||
akṣarāṇāmakāro.asmi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca . ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ ||10-33||
- akṣarāṇām
- of letters
- a-kāraḥ
- the first letter
- asmi
- I am
- dvandvaḥ
- the dual
- sāmāsikasya
- of compounds
- ca
- and
- aham
- I am
- eva
- certainly
- akṣayaḥ
- eternal
- kālaḥ
- time
- dhātā
- the creator
- aham
- I am
- viśvataḥ-mukhaḥ
- Brahmā
Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahmā.