BG 10.20

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः | अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ||२०||

aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ | aham ādiś ca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca || 20 ||

"I am the ātman, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of all beings — their beginning, middle, and end."

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3 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
I am the Self, O Gudakesha, existent in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.

William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)

[6]
I am the Ego which is seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all existing things.

Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)

[7]
I am the Spirit seated deep in every creature's heart; / From Me they come; by Me they live; at My word they depart!