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tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇasa- tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam . vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa
ನೀನು ಆದಿದೇವನು, ಪುರಾತನ ಪುರುಷನು; ನೀನು ಈ ವಿಶ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಪರಮ ಆಶ್ರಯನು. ನೀನು ತಿಳಿಯುವವನು ಮತ್ತು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕಾದವನು, ಹಾಗೂ ಪರಮ ಧಾಮವು. ಓ ಅನಂತರೂಪನೇ, ನಿನ್ನಿಂದಲೇ ಈ ವಿಶ್ವವು ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ!
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!
ಭಗವಂತನು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತನಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಆದಿದೇವನು. ಅವನು ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ (ಪುರಿ) ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಪುರುಷನು. ಪ್ರಳಯಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವವು ಯಾರಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತದೆಯೋ, ಆ ಪರಮ ಆಶ್ರಯವೇ ನಿಧಾನಂ. ಭಗವಂತನು ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಉಪಾದಾನ ಕಾರಣನೂ ಹೌದು. ವೇತ್ತಾ ಎಂದರೆ ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕಾದ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ತಿಳಿದವನು, ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞನು. ಪರಮ ಧಾಮ ಎಂದರೆ ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ಪರಮ ನಿವಾಸ.
Primal God? because the Lord is the creator of the universe.Purusha? because the Lord lies in the body (Puri Sayanat).Nidhaanam That in which the world rests during the great deluge or cosmic dissolution.The pot comes out of the clay and gets merged in clay. Even so the world has come out of the Lord and gets dissolved or involved in the Lord. So the Lord is the material cause of the world. Therefore? He is the primal God and the supreme refuge also.Vetta Knower of the knowable things. As the Lord is omniscient? He knows all about the world? and He is the instrumental or the efficient cause of this world.Param Dhama Supreme Abode of Vishnu. Just as the rope (the substratum for the superimposed snake) pervades the snake? so also Brahman or Vishnu through His Nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute pervades the whole universe.Moreover --