अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च | अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः
akṣarāṇāmakāro.asmi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca . ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ
在字母中我是「阿」(a),在複合詞群中我是雙合詞(Dvandva)。我自身是無盡的時間;我是遍面(Vishvatomukha)的施予者。
Of the letters I am the letter a, and of the group of compund words I am (the compound called) Dvandva. [Dvandva: A compound of two or more words which, if not compounded, would stand in the same case and be connected by the conjunction 'and'.-Tr.] I Mayself am the infinite time; I am the Dispenser with faces everywhere.
在字母表中我是字母「阿」(A)。在梵語中使用的各類複合詞中,我是雙合詞(Dvandva),即「兩者之結合」或並列複合詞。此處的時間(Kala)指瞬間,即時間的終極元素,或指至尊主(Paramesvara),祂是時間中的時間,因祂超越時間。由於至尊者(Supreme Being)無所不在,故稱祂擁有遍及各方的面容。
Among the alphabets I am the letter A. Among the various kinds of compounds used in Sanskrit language I am the Dvandva (union of the two)? the copulative.Time here refers to the moment? the ultimate element of time or to Paramesvara? the Supreme Lord Who is the time of even time? since He is beyond time.As the Supreme Being is allpervading it is said that He has faces in all directions.