अहं हि सर्वभूतानामादिरन्तोऽन्तरं बहि: । भौतिकानां यथा खं वार्भूर्वायुर्ज्योतिरङ्गना: ॥ ४५ ॥
ahaṁ hi sarva-bhūtānām ādir anto ’ntaraṁ bahiḥ bhautikānāṁ yathā khaṁ vār bhūr vāyur jyotir aṅganāḥ
- aham
- I
- hi
- indeed
- sarva
- all
- bhūtānām
- of created beings
- ādiḥ
- the beginning
- antaḥ
- the end
- antaram
- inside
- bahiḥ
- outside
- bhautikānām
- of material things
- yathā
- as
- kham
- ether
- vāḥ
- water
- bhūḥ
- earth
- vāyuḥ
- air
- jyotiḥ
- and fire
- aṅganāḥ
- O ladies
Dear ladies, I am the beginning and end of all created beings and exist both within and without them, just as the elements ether, water, earth, air and fire are the beginning and end of all material objects and exist both within and without them.