Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 340

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-10 Vibhūti Yogaḥ

akṣarāṇām akāro’smi dvandavaḥ sāmāsikasya ca | aham evākṣayaḥ kālo dhātā’haṃ viśvato mukhaḥ || 33 || 33. Among the letters of the alphabet I am ‘A’. I am the dual among compound words; I am Myself everlasting Time and I am the Creator, facing every direction. Commentary The letter “A” is the basis of all letters as established in the Veda: — akaro vai sarva vak — The letter “A” itself is all speech . Samasika means the entire collection of compound words of which I am the Dvandva (dual) compound; it is pre-eminent because the meanings of both constituent terms are equally important. I am Myself everlasting Time (Kāla) composed of divisions like hours and minutes etc. I am the four-faced Brahma who is the creator of all.