And,
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृन् ।
प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥ १८ ॥
gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛn .
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījamavyayam .. 18 ..
I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Shelter and the Friend, the Origin, Dissolution and Stay, the Treasure-house, the Seed imperishable.
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I am the goal, the fruit of action…..I am the witness of what is done and what is not done by all living beings. I am the abode wherein all living beings dwell. I am the shelter for the distressed; I relieve from distress those who come to Me. I am the Friend: I do good without expecting any return. I am the source of the world. I am that in which it is dissolved, and that in which it stays. I am the treasure-house, that which living beings shall enjoy in a future period. I am the imperishable seed, that which causes the growth of all things that germinate, and which endures as long as the world (samsara) endures. Nothing indeed springs up without a seed; and since growth is constant, it is understood that continuity of the seed never fails.