Word meanings
- tvam
- you
- ādi-devaḥ
- the original Divine God
- puruṣaḥ
- personality
- purāṇaḥ
- primeval
- tvam
- you
- asya
- of (this)
- viśwasya
- universe
- param
- Supreme
- nidhānam
- resting place
- vettā
- the knower
- asi
- you are
- vedyam
- the object of knowledge
- ca
- and
- param
- Supreme
- ca
- and
- dhāma
- Abode
- tvayā
- by you
- tatam
- pervaded
- viśwam
- the universe
- ananta-rūpa
- posessor of infinite forms
Translations
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.
You are the Primal God, the Ancient One, the Supreme Abode of this universe, the Knower, the Knowledge, and the Final Home. You fill everything. Your form is infinite.
You are the primal Deity, the ancient Person; You are the supreme Refuge of this world. You are the knower and the object of knowledge, and the supreme Abode. O You of infinite forms, You pervade the Universe!
आप ही आदिदेव और पुराणपुरुष हैं तथा आप ही इस संसारके परम आश्रय हैं। आप ही सबको जाननेवाले, जाननेयोग्य और परमधाम हैं। हे अनन्तरूप ! आपसे ही सम्पूर्ण संसार व्याप्त है।Commentary
Primal God, because the Lord is the creator of the universe. Purusha, because the Lord lies in the body (Puri Sayanat). Nidhaanam That in which the world rests during the great deluge or cosmic dissolution. The pot comes out of the clay and gets merged in clay. Even so the world has come out of the Lord and gets dissolved or involved in the Lord. So the Lord is the material cause of the world. Therefore? He is the primal God and the supreme refuge also. Vetta Knower of the knowable things.
As the Lord is omniscient? He knows all about the world, and He is the instrumental or the efficient cause of this world. Param Dhama Supreme Abode of Vishnu. Just as the rope (the substratum for the superimposed snake) pervades the snake, so also Brahman or Vishnu through His Nature as Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute pervades the whole universe. Moreover --