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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।।

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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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अर्जुन उवाच
परं ब्रह्म
परं धाम
पवित्रं
परमं
भवान्
पुरुषं
शाश्वतं
दिव्यम्
आदिदेवम्
अजं
विभुम्

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