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Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 37 (11.37)

Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन् महात्मन्
गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास
त्वमक्षरं सदसत् तत्परं यत्
॥ 11.37 ॥

kasmācca te na nameran mahātman
garīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre
ananta deveśa jagannivāsa
tvamakṣaraṃ sadasat tatparaṃ yat

Translation

"O great one, why should they not bow to you, the greatest, the original creator even of Brahma? O infinite one, O Lord of gods, O abode of the universe — you are the imperishable; you are being and non-being, and you are also what lies beyond them."

Interpretation

Shankaracharya. sat vidyamānam, asat ca yatra nāsti iti buddhiḥ — sat = that which we understand to exist, asat = that which we understand not to exist; paramārthatas tu sadasatoḥ paraṃ tat akṣaraṃ yat akṣaraṃ vedavidaḥ vadanti — in the highest truth, the imperishable is beyond both being and non-being.

Acharya Ramanuja — a different reading. akṣaram … jīvātmatattvam — here "akshara" = the individual self (Katha 1.2.18); sadasacchabdanirdiṣṭaṃ kāryakāraṇabhāvena avasthitaṃ prakṛtitattvam — sat = prakriti in its effect form (with name and form), asat = prakriti in its causal form; tatparaṃ — beyond both of these (prakriti and the soul) — the liberated self too; all are you.

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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