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tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇasa- tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam . vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa
您是最初的神，古老的原人（Purusha）；您是这世界的至高归宿。您是知者，也是所知，更是至高无上的居所。无限形相者啊，宇宙被您遍布！
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!
主是最初的神，因为祂是宇宙的创造者。祂是原人（Purusha），因为祂居于身体（Puri Sayanat）之中。‘尼达纳姆’（Nidhaanam）指世界在大洪水或宇宙解体时所依止之处。世界源于主，亦溶于主，因此主是世界的物质因，也是最初的神和至高无上的庇护所。‘维塔’（Vetta）是可知事物的知者，主是全知者，祂知晓世间万物，是世界的工具因或有效因。‘帕拉姆·达玛’（Param Dhama）是毗湿奴（Vishnu）的至高居所。正如绳子（蛇的基质）遍布蛇一样，梵（Brahman）或毗湿奴通过其存在-知识-至乐的本性遍布整个宇宙。
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 --