Speaker: Arjuna
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं
त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् ।
त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता
सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ॥१८॥
tvam akṣaraṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁ
tvam asya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam
tvam avyayaḥ śāśvata-dharma-goptā
sanātanas tvaṁ puruṣo mato me
Word for word (synonyms)
- tvam
- You
- akṣaram
- inexhaustible
- paramam
- supreme
- veditavyam
- to be understood
- tvam
- You
- asya
- of this
- viśvasya
- of the universe
- param
- supreme
- nidhānam
- basis
- tvam
- You are
- avyayaḥ
- inexhaustible
- śāśvata-dharma-goptā
- maintainer of the eternal religion
- sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- tvam
- You
- puruṣaḥ
- Supreme Personality
- mataḥ me
- is my opinion
Translation
You are the supreme primal objective; You are the best in all the universes; You are inexhaustible, and You are the oldest; You are the maintainer of religion, the eternal Personality of Godhead.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna’s realizations upon seeing the Viśva-rūpa – difficult to behold, and indicates Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy.
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.