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नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः।।11.40।।

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 40
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna offers salutations from the front, the back, and every side, since Krishna's power is boundless, his valor immeasurable, he pervades everything, and therefore he is everything, again reinforcing totality through the sheer comprehensiveness of the salutation itself.

In life: sometimes expressing full acknowledgment of something significant means deliberately covering it from every possible angle, rather than assuming one angle adequately represents the whole.

Teaching: when trying to fully acknowledge something significant that's happened to you, deliberately consider it from multiple different angles rather than settling for the first angle that comes to mind, that fuller coverage produces a more complete acknowledgment.

namaḥoffering salutations
purastātfrom the front
athaand
pṛiṣhṭhataḥthe rear
teto you
namaḥ astuI offer my salutations
teto you
sarvataḥfrom all sides
evaindeed
sarvaall
ananta-vīryainfinite power
amita-vikramaḥinfinite valor and might
tvamyou
sarvameverything
samāpnoṣhipervade
tataḥthus
asi(you) are
sarvaḥeverything

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.40 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.