BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:38

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:38

 

tvam adi-devah purusah puranas

tvam asya visvasya param nidhanam

vettasi vedyam ca param ca dhama

tvaya tatam visvam ananta-rupa

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tvam--You; adi-devah--the original Supreme God; purusah--personality;

puranah--old; tvam--You; asya--of this; visvasya--universe;

param--transcendental; nidhanam--refuge; vetta--the knower; asi--You

are; vedyam--the knowable; ca--and; param--transcendental; ca--and;

dhama--refuge; tvaya--by You; tatam--pervaded; visvam--the universe;

ananta-rupa--O unlimited form.

 

TRANSLATION

 

You are the original Personality of Godhead, the oldest, the ultimate

sanctuary of this manifested cosmic world. You are the knower of

everything, and You are all that is knowable. You are the supreme

refuge, above the material modes. O limitless form! This whole cosmic

manifestation is pervaded by You!

 

PURPORT

 

Everything is resting on the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore

He is the ultimate rest. Nidhanam means that everything, even the

Brahman effulgence, rests on the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Krsna. He is the knower of everything that is happening in this world,

and if knowledge has any end, He is the end of all knowledge;

therefore He is the known and the knowable. He is the object of

knowledge because He is all-pervading. Because He is the cause in the

spiritual world, He is transcendental. He is also the chief

personality in the transcendental world.

 

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