अहमात्मोद्धवामीषां भूतानां सुहृदीश्वर: । अहं सर्वाणि भूतानि तेषां स्थित्युद्भवाप्यय: ॥ ९ ॥
aham ātmoddhavāmīṣāṁ bhūtānāṁ suhṛd īśvaraḥ ahaṁ sarvāṇi bhūtāni teṣāṁ sthity-udbhavāpyayaḥ
- aham
- I am
- ātmā
- the Supersoul
- uddhava
- O Uddhava
- amīṣām
- of these
- bhūtānām
- living entities
- su-hṛt
- the well-wisher
- īśvaraḥ
- the supreme controller
- aham
- I am
- sarvāṇi bhūtāni
- all entities
- teṣām
- of them
- sthiti
- the maintenance
- udbhava
- creation
- apyayaḥ
- and annihilation
My dear Uddhava, I am the Supersoul of all living entities, and therefore I am naturally their well-wisher and supreme controller. Being the creator, maintainer and annihilator of all entities, I am not different from them.