Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Yoga, verse 19
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥
Say ittapāmyaham ahaṁ varṣhaṁ nigṛihṇāmyutsṛijāmi cha
amṛitaṁ chaiva mṛityuśh cha sad asach chāham arjuna
Translation
As the sun, I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, existence and non-existence, O Arjuna.
Swami Sivananda
O Arjuna, I give heat, I withhold and pour down rain; I am verily the nectar, and also death, existence, and non-existence.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, O Arjuna. I am the being and the non-being.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
I give heat; I withhold and also send forth rains; I am immortality and also death, the real and the unreal, O Arjuna!
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
I am the heat of the sun, I release and withhold the rain. I am death and immortality; I am being and non-being.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे अर्जुन ! (संसारके हितके लिये) मैं ही सूर्यरूपसे तपता हूँ, जलको ग्रहण करता हूँ और फिर उस जलको वर्षारूपसे बरसा देता हूँ। (और तो क्या कहूँ) अमृत और मृत्यु तथा सत् और असत् भी मैं ही हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे अर्जुन ! मैं ही (सूर्य रूप में) तपता हूँ; मैं वर्षा का निग्रह और उत्सर्जन करता हूँ। मैं ही अमृत और मृत्यु एवं सत् और असत् हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.