Chapter 11 · Verse 40

Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God

नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः

namaḥ purastād atha pṛiṣhṭhatas te namo ’stu te sarvata eva sarva ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣhi tato ’si sarvaḥ

Word Meanings

namaḥ — offering salutations; purastāt — from the front; atha — and; pṛiṣhṭhataḥ — 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; samāpnoṣhi — pervade; tataḥ — thus; asi — (you) are; sarvaḥ — everything

Language:

Translation

Salutations to You from the front and from behind; salutations to You from all sides, O All! Infinite in power and boundless in might, You pervade everything, and therefore You are all.

Commentary

नमः salutation? पुरस्तात् (from) front? अथ also? पृष्ठतः (from) behind? ते to Thee? नमः salutation? अस्तु be? ते to Thee? सर्वतः on every side? एव even? सर्व O all? अनन्तवीर्य infinite power? अमितविक्रमः infinite in prowess? त्वम् Thou? सर्वम् all? समाप्नोषि pervadest? ततः wherefore? असि (Thou) art? सर्वः all.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.