I am the goal and the supporter, the lord and the witness, the dwelling place, the refuge and the friend. I am the origin and the dissolution, the foundation, the storehouse, and the imperishable seed.
Explanation
Krishna continues telling Arjuna how he relates to the whole world, listing roles such as goal (gati), witness (sākṣī) and refuge (śaraṇa). He is both the source and the end of creation, and the 'imperishable seed' (bījam avyayam) from which everything grows without the seed itself being used up. Traditions differ on whether this describes a personal God who is distinct from creation or one Reality that appears as the world, but all read it as pointing to Krishna as the ultimate basis of existence.