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कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे। अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्।।11.37।।

kasmāch cha te na nameran mahātman garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre ananta deveśha jagan-nivāsa tvam akṣharaṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 37
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
And why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O Abode of the universe; Thou art the imperishable, the Being, the non-being, and That which is supreme - that which is beyond the Being and the non-being.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna asks why should they not bow to Krishna, the greatest, the original cause, even greater than Brahma, the first creator, infinite Lord of gods, abode of the universe, imperishable, being and non-being, and what is beyond both, continuing to elevate and praise what he previously feared.

In life: something that initially terrifies you can, once properly understood, become one of the things you most deeply respect, fear and reverence aren't always opposites, sometimes one transforms into the other.

Teaching: reflect on whether something that once frightened you has, with better understanding, become something you now genuinely respect rather than fear, that transformation is a real, recognizable pattern worth noticing in your own growth.

kasmātwhy
chaand
teyou
na nameranshould they not bow down
mahā-ātmanThe Great one
garīyasewho are greater
brahmaṇaḥthan Brahma
apieven
ādi-kartreto the original creator
anantaThe limitless One
deva-īśhaLord of the devatās
jagat-nivāsaRefuge of the universe
tvamyou
akṣharamthe imperishable
sat-asatmanifest and non-manifest
tatthat
parambeyond
yatwhich

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.37 कस्मात् why? च and? ते they? न not? नमेरन् may prostrate? महात्मन् O greatsouled One? गरीयसे greater? ब्रह्मणः of Brahma? अपि also? आदिकर्त्रे the primal cause? अनन्त O Infinite Being? देवेश O Lord of the gods? जगन्निवास O Abode of the universe? त्वम् Thou? अक्षरम् Imperishable? सत् the Being? असत् nonbeing? तत् That? परम् the Supreme? यत् which.Commentary The Lord is Mahatma. He is greater than all else. He is the imperishable. So He is the proper object of worship? love and delight.That which exists in the three periods of time is Sat. Brahman is Sat. That which does not exist in the three periods of time is Asat. This world is Asat. This body is Asat.The words Sat and Asat mean here the manifested and the unmanifested which form the adjuncts of the Akshara (imperishable). In reality the Akshara transcends both these. The word Akshara is applied in the Gita sometimes to the Unmanifest (Nature) and sometimes to the Supreme Being.Ananta is He Who is free from the three kinds of limitations (of time? space and thing) which have already been explained.Arjuna again praises the Lord thus