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कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāram aṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 8, Verse 9
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Whosoever meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler of the whole world, minuter than an atom, the supporter of all, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun and beyond the darkness of ignorance.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Krishna is described here as the ancient seer, ruler, smaller than the smallest, the supporter of all, whose form is beyond thought, radiant like the sun, describing something vast using deliberately paradoxical, stretching language.

In life: some things genuinely important in your life resist being fully captured in tidy, simple language, and that resistance to easy description isn't a flaw in the thing itself.

Teaching: allow the most important things in your life, love, meaning, your own depth, to remain somewhat beyond tidy description, rather than forcing them into an artificially simple summary.

kavimpoet
purāṇamancient
anuśhāsitāramthe controller
aṇoḥthan the atom
aṇīyānsamsmaller
anusmaretalways remembers
yaḥwho
sarvasyaof everything
dhātāramthe support
achintyainconceivable
rūpamdivine form
āditya-varṇameffulgent like the sun
tamasaḥto the darkness of ignorance
parastātbeyond

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
8.9 कविम् Omniscient? पुराणम् Ancient? अनुशासितारम् the Ruler (of the whole world)? अणोः than atom? अणीयांसम् minuter? अनुस्मरेत् remembers? यः who? सर्वस्य of all? धातारम् supporter? अचिन्त्यरूपम् one whose form is inconceivable? आदित्यवर्णम् effulgent like the sun? तमसः from the darkness (of ignorance)? परस्तात् beyond.Commentary Kavim The sage? seer or poet? the omniscient.The Lord dispenses the fruits of actions of the Jivas (individual souls). He is the Ruler of the world. It is very difficult to conceive the form of the Lord. He is selfluminous and He illumies everything like the sun.