BG 10.34
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्
कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा
mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaś cāham
udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām
kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāṃ
smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā
SYNONYMS
mṛtyuḥ: death | sarva-haraḥ: which snatches all away | ca 1: also | aham: I am | udbhavaḥ: the origin | ca 2: also | bhaviṣyatām: of all that shall be born | kīrtiḥ: fame | śrīḥ: prosperity | vāk: speech | ca 3: and | nārīṇām: Among women I am | smṛtiḥ: memory | medhā: intelligence | dhṛtiḥ: endurance | kṣamā: and forgiveness |
TRANSLATION
I am also death which snatches all away. I am the origin of all that shall be born. Among women, I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, endurance and forgiveness.
PURPORT
I am also death which snatches away the life of all. Of those that shall be born I am that called birth. Of women (i.e., of goddesses who are the powers of the Lord) I am prosperity (Shri); I am fame (Kirti); I am speech (Vak); I am memory (Smrti); I am intelligence (Medha); I am endurance (Dhrti); and I am forgiveness (Kshama).