Word meanings
- kasmāt
- why
- ca
- and
- te
- you
- na nameran
- should they not bow down
- mahā-ātman
- The Great one
- garīyase
- who are greater
- brahmaṇaḥ
- than Brahma
- api
- even
- ādi-kartre
- to the original creator
- ananta
- The limitless One
- deva-īśa
- Lord of the devatās
- jagat-nivāsa
- Refuge of the universe
- tvam
- you
- akṣaram
- the imperishable
- sat-asat
- manifest and non-manifest
- tat
- that
- param
- beyond
- yat
- which
Translations
And why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O Abode of the universe; Thou art the imperishable, the Being, the non-being, and That which is supreme—that which is beyond the Being and the non-being.
How else should they do? O Supreme Self, greater than the powers of creation, the first cause, infinite, the Lord of Lords, the home of the universe, imperishable, being and non-being, yet transcending both.
And why should they not bow down to You, O exalted One, who are greater than all and who are the first Creator even of Brahma! O infinite One, supreme God, Abode of the Universe, You are the Immutable, being and non-being, and that which is Transcendental.
हे महात्मन् ! गुरुओंके भी गुरु और ब्रह्माके भी आदिकर्ता आपके लिये (वे सिद्धगण) नमस्कार क्यों नहीं करें? क्योंकि हे अनन्त ! हे देवेश ! हे जगन्निवास ! आप अक्षरस्वरूप हैं; आप सत् भी हैं, असत् भी हैं, और सत्-असत् से पर भी जो कुछ है, वह भी आप ही हैं।Commentary
The Lord is Mahatma. He is greater than all else. He is the imperishable. So He is the proper object of worship, love and delight. That which exists in the three periods of time is Sat. Brahman is Sat. That which does not exist in the three periods of time is Asat. This world is Asat. This body is Asat. The words Sat and Asat mean here the manifested and the unmanifested which form the adjuncts of the Akshara (imperishable). In reality the Akshara transcends both these. The word Akshara is applied in the Gita sometimes to the Unmanifest (Nature) and sometimes to the Supreme Being.
Ananta is He Who is free from the three kinds of limitations (of time, space and thing) which have already been explained. Arjuna again praises the Lord thus