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TEXT 33 aksaranam akaro 'smi
SYNONYMS  aksaranam--of
letters; akarah--the first; asmi--I am; dvandvah--dual;
samasikasya--compounds; ca--and; aham--I am; eva--certainly;
aksayah--eternal; kalah--time; dhata--creator; aham--I
am; visvatah-mukhah--Brahma.
TRANSLATION Of letters
I am the letter A, and among compounds I am the dual word. I am also inexhaustible
time, and of creators I am Brahma, whose manifold faces turn everywhere.
PURPORT Akara,
the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, is the beginning of the Vedic
literature. Without akara, nothing can be sounded; therefore it
is the beginning of sound. In Sanskrit there are also many compound words,
of which the dual word, like Rama-krsna, is called dvandvah.
For instance, Rama and Krsna have the same rhythm, and therefore
are called dual.
Among all
kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills everything. Time
is the representative of Krsna because in due course of time there will
be a great fire and everything will be annihilated.
Among the
creators and living entities, Brahma is the chief. The various Brahma's
exhibit four, eight, sixteen, etc., heads accordingly, and they are the
chief creators in their respective universes. The Brahmas are representatives
of Krsna.
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