Chapter 11, Verse 38
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप।।11.38।।
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇa stvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam. vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa৷৷11.38৷৷
Word by word
- त्वम्
- You (are)
- आदिदेवः
- the primal God
- पुरुषः
- the (Supreme) Person
- पुराणः
- the ancient one
- त्वम्
- You
- अस्य विश्वस्य
- of this universe
- परम् निधानम्
- the supreme resting-place/treasure
- वेत्ता असि
- You are the knower
- वेद्यम् च
- and the object of knowledge
- परम् च धाम
- and the supreme abode
- त्वया
- by You
- ततम्
- is pervaded
- विश्वम्
- the universe
- अनन्तरूप
- O one of infinite form
Commentary
38. Thou art the Primal God, the Ancient Purusha; Thou art the Supreme Abode of all this, Thou art the Knower and the Knowable and the Supreme Abode. By Thee is all pervaded, O Being of infinite forms.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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