Chapter 10, Verse 12
अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्। पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
arjuna uvāca paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān. puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyamādidevamajaṃ vibhum.।10.12।।
Word by word
- अर्जुन उवाच
- Arjuna said
- परं ब्रह्म
- the supreme Brahman
- परं धाम
- the supreme abode
- पवित्रं
- the purifier / the pure
- परमं
- supreme
- भवान्
- You (are)
- पुरुषं
- the (Supreme) Person
- शाश्वतं
- eternal
- दिव्यम्
- divine
- आदिदेवम्
- the primal God
- अजं
- unborn
- विभुम्
- all-pervading
Commentary
12-13. The Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Purifier art Thou. All the Rishis declare Thee as Eternal, Divine Purusha,. the Primal God, Unborn, Omnipresent ; so said the divine sage Narada, as also Asita, Devala and Vyasa ; and Thou Thyself also sayest (so) to me.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 12-13 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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