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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga

Shloka 11.38

Lesson 452 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Encountering the universal form and limits of ordinary perception. What does the universal vision reveal about the limits of ordinary perception?

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Shloka · Devanagari

त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धामत्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇastvam asya viśhvasya paraṁ nidhānamvettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāmatvayā tataṁ viśhvam ananta-rūpa

Sandhi-vicheda

tvam+ādi-devaḥ+puruṣhaḥ+purāṇaḥ+tvam+asya+viśhwasya+param+nidhānam+vettā+asi+vedyam+cha+param+cha+dhāma+tvayā+tatam+viśhwam+ananta-rūpa

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Meaning of each word

tvamsource form

you

ādi-devaḥsource form

the original Divine God

puruṣhaḥsource form

personality

purāṇaḥsource form

primeval

tvamsource form

you

asyasource form

of (this)

viśhwasyasource form

universe

paramsource form

Supreme

nidhānamsource form

resting place

vettāsource form

the knower

asisource form

you are

vedyamsource form

the object of knowledge

chasource form

and

paramsource form

Supreme

chasource form

and

dhāmasource form

Abode

tvayāsource form

by you

tatamsource form

pervaded

viśhwamsource form

the universe

ananta-rūpasource form

posessor of infinite forms

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

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।।11.38।। --,त्वम् आदिदेवः? जगतः स्रष्ट्टत्वात्। पुरुषः? पुरि शयनात् पुराणः चिरंतनः त्वम् एव अस्य विश्वस्य परं प्रकृष्टं निधानं निधीयते अस्मिन् जगत् सर्वं महाप्रलयादौ इति। किञ्च? वेत्ता असि? वेदिता असि सर्वस्यैव वेद्यजातस्य। यत् च वेद्यं वेदनार्हं तच्च असि परं च धाम परमं पदं वैष्णवम्। त्वया ततं व्याप्तं विश्वं समस्तम्? हे अनन्तरूप अन्तो न विद्यते तव रूपाणाम्।।किञ्च --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 11.38

Course position452 / 701

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