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Bhagavad Gita 11.38

त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप।।

tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇas tvam asya viśhvasya paraṁ nidhānam vettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāma tvayā tataṁ viśhvam ananta-rūpa

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tvamtvamyou
ādi-devaḥādi-devaḥthe original Divine God
puruṣhaḥpuruṣhaḥpersonality
purāṇaḥpurāṇaḥprimeval
tvamtvamyou
asyaasyaof (this)
viśhwasyaviśhwasyauniverse
paramparamSupreme
nidhānamnidhānamresting place
vettāvettāthe knower
asiasiyou are
vedyamvedyamthe object of knowledge
chachaand
paramparamSupreme
chachaand
dhāmadhāmaAbode
tvayātvayāby you
tatamtatampervaded
viśhwamviśhwamthe universe
ananta-rūpaananta-rūpaposessor of infinite forms

You are the primal God, the ancient Purusha, the supreme refuge of this universe, the knower, the knowable, and the supreme Abode. Through You, the universe is pervaded, O Being of infinite forms.

आप आदिदेव और पुराण (सनातन) पुरुष हैं। आप इस जगत् के परम आश्रय, ज्ञाता, ज्ञेय, (जानने योग्य) और परम धाम हैं। हे अनन्तरूप आपसे ही यह विश्व व्याप्त है।।