Word meanings
- namaḥ
- offering salutations
- purastāt
- from the front
- atha
- and
- pṛṣṭhataḥ
- the rear
- te
- to you
- namaḥ astu
- I offer my salutations
- te
- to you
- sarvataḥ
- from all sides
- eva
- indeed
- sarva
- all
- ananta-vīrya
- infinite power
- amita-vikramaḥ
- infinite valor and might
- tvam
- you
- sarvam
- everything
- samāpnoṣi
- pervade
- tataḥ
- thus
- asi
- (you) are
- sarvaḥ
- everything
Translations
Salutations to You in front and behind! Salutations to You on every side! O All! You, infinite in power and prowess, pervade all; therefore You are all.
Salutations to Thee in front and on all sides, Thou who encompasseth me round about. Thy power is infinite; Thy majesty immeasurable; Thou upholdest all things; indeed, Thou Thyself art All.
Salutations to You in the East and behind. Salutations to You on all sides indeed, O All! You possess infinite strength and infinite heroism. You pervade everything; thus You are all!
हे सर्व ! आपको आगेसे भी नमस्कार हो ! पीछेसे भी नमस्कार हो ! सब ओरसे ही नमस्कार हो ! हे अनन्तवीर्य ! अमित विक्रमवाले आपने सबको समावृत कर रखा है; अतः सब कुछ आप ही हैं।Commentary
The words I prostrate myself before Thee, behind Thee and on every side indicate the allpervading nature of the Lord. How can the allpervading Self have front and back Finite objects only have front and back sides Arjuna imagined that there were front and back sides to the Lord and so prostrated himself in his extreme faith and devotion.O All Nothing exists without Thee. As the Self is allpervading? He is called the All. There is nothing except the Self. On every side, as Thou art present everywhere or in all arters.
One may be powerful but may not possess the courage to kill the enemies or he may be endowed with a mild form of courge but the Lord is infinite in courage and infinite in power. Pervadest by Thy One Self.