Gita 11.38: You are the primal Deity, the ancient Person; You are the supreme Resort of this...

Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 11.38

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त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्- त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् | वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप

Transliteration

tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇasa- tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam . vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa

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You are the primal Deity, the ancient Person; You are the supreme Resort of this world. You are the knower as also the object of knowledge, and the supreme Abode. O You of infinite forms, the Universe is pervaded by You!

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त्वम्

Thou

आदिदेवः

the primal God

पुरुषः

Purusha

पुराणः

the ancient

त्वम्

Thou

अस्य

of (this)

विश्वस्य

of Universe

परम्

the Supreme

निधानम्

Refuge

वेत्ता

Knower

असि (Thou)

art

वेद्यम्

to be known

च

and

परम्

the Supreme

च

and

धाम

abode

त्वया

by Thee

ततम्

is pervaded

विश्वम्

the Universe

अनन्तरूप

O Being of infinite forms.

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11.1Arjuna said This delusion of mine has departed as a result of that speech which is most secret and known as pertaining to the Self, and which was uttered by You for my benefit.11.2O you with eyes like lotus leaves, the origin and dissolution of beings have been heard by me in detail from You. ['From You have been heard the origin and dissolution of beings in You.'] And (Your) undecaying glory, too, (has been heard).11.3O supreme Lord, so it is, as You speak about Yourself. O supreme Person, I wish to see the divine form of Yours.11.4O Lord, if You think that it is possible to be seen by me, then, O Lord of Yoga, You show me Your eternal Self.11.5The Blessed Lord said O son of Prtha, behold My forms in (their) hundreds and in thousands, of different kinds, celestial, and of various colours and shapes.11.6See the Adiyas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins and the Maruts. O scion of the Bharata dynasty, behold also the many wonders not seen before.11.7See now, O gudakesa, O Gudakesa (Arjuna), the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated at the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.11.8But you are not able to see Me merely with this eye of yours. I grant you the supernatural eye; bhold My divine Yoga.11.9Sanjaya said O King, having spoken thus, thereafter, Hari [Hari: destroyer of ignorance along with its conseences.] (Krsna) the great Master of Yoga, showed to the son of Prtha the supreme divine form:11.10Having many faces and eyes, possessing many wonderful sights, adorned with numerous celestial ornaments, holding many uplifted heavenly weapons;