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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.26

ధర్మాణామస్మి సంన్యాస: క్షేమాణామబహిర్మతి: । గుహ్యానాం సునృతం మౌనం మిథునానామజస్త్వహమ్ ॥ ౨౬ ॥
dharmāṇām asmi sannyāsaḥ
[dharmaanaam asmi sannyaasah]
kṣemāṇām abahir-matiḥ
[kshemaanaam abahir-matih]
guhyānāṁ su-nṛtaṁ maunaṁ
[guhyaanaam su-nritam maunam]
mithunānām ajas tv aham
[mithunaanaam ajas tv aham]
dharmāṇām — among religious principles asmi — I am sannyāsaḥ — renunciation kṣemāṇām — among all types of security abahiḥ-matiḥ — awareness within (of the eternal soul) guhyānām — of secrets sunṛtam — pleasant speech maunam — silence mithunānām — of sexual pairs ajaḥ — Brahmā, the original prajāpati tu — indeed aham — I am.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dharmāṇām asmi sannyāsaḥ
dharmāṇām
among religious principles
asmi
I am
sannyāsaḥ
renunciation
kṣemāṇām abahir-matiḥ
kṣemāṇām
among all types of security
abahiḥ-matiḥ
awareness within (of the eternal soul)
guhyānāṁ su-nṛtaṁ maunaṁ
guhyānām
of secrets
sunṛtam
pleasant speech
maunam
silence
mithunānām ajas tv aham
mithunānām
of sexual pairs
ajaḥ
Brahmā, the original prajāpati
tu
indeed
aham
I am.
Among religious principles I am renunciation, and of all types of security I am consciousness of the eternal soul within. Of secrets I am pleasant speech and silence, and among sexual pairs I am Brahmā.

One who realizes the eternal soul within no longer fears any material situation and thus is qualified to accept the renounced order of life, sannyāsa. Certainly fear is one of the great miseries of material life; therefore the gift of fearlessness is very valuable and represents Lord Kṛṣṇa. Both in ordinary pleasant speech and silence, very few confidential things are revealed, and thus diplomacy and silence are both aids to secrecy. Lord Brahmā is prominent among sexual pairs because the original beautiful couple, Svāyambhuva Manu and Śatarūpā, emerged from Lord Brahmā’s body, as explained in Chapter Twelve of the Third Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Among religious principles, I am renunciation, and of all types of security, I am consciousness of the eternal soul within. For maintaining secrets, I am pleasant speech and silence, and for couples indulging in sex, I am Brahmā. There are various dharmas like sannyāsa, detachment and charity. I am sannyāsa. I am inward steadiness (abahir-matiḥ). Among secrets I am pleasing words (sunṛtam) and silence. These two do not reveal the mind of a person. This means they are most secretive. I am Prajāpati, from whose bodily halves sex arose. He is the chief couple. Śruti says ardho ha vā eṣa ātmano yat patnī: half of his self is his wife. (Baudāyana Śrauta-sūtra 29.9.381.2)
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