Krishna continues to demonstrate His all-encompassing nature by reconciling extreme opposites. He states: I am the one who radiates heat (tapāmy aham), and I am the one who holds back (nigṛhṇāmi) as well as pours forth (utsṛjāmi) the rain (varṣaṃ). Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am both eternal immortality (amṛtaṃ) and inevitable death (mṛtyuś ca). I am the eternal, spiritual reality (sat), and I am also the temporary, material manifestation (asat).