Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 11 · The Vision of the Universal Form

    Verse 38

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 11, Verse 38

    त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप।।11.38।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    (a) You are the Primal God and the Ancient One. You are the Supreme resting place of the universe... (b)...You are the Knower and the object of knowledge, and the Supreme Abode. Through You, O infinite of form, is this universe pervaded.
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