गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्
प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्
gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam
TRANSLATION
I am the goal, supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the friend. I am the seat of origin and dissolution, the base for preservation and the imperishable seed.
PURPORT
‘Gatih’ means that which is reached. The meaning is that it is the place to be reached from everywhere. The ‘supporter’ is one who props. The ‘ruler’ is one who rules. The ‘witness’ is one who sees directly. The ‘abode’ is that where one dwells in as in a house etc. The ‘refuge’ is the intelligent being who has to be sought, as he leads one to the attainment of desirable things and avoidance of evils. A ‘friend’ is one who wishes well. The ‘base’ is that place in which origin and dissolution takes place. I alone am that ‘Nidhana’, that which is preserved. What comes into being and is dissolved is Myself. The imperishable seed is that exhaustless cause everywhere. I alone am that.