Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 15
स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम । भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते
svayamevātmanātmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama | bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate
Translation
Thou Thyself knowest Thyself as the Self, O Puruṣa Supreme, O Source of beings, O Lord of beings, O God of Gods, O Ruler of the world.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- svayam
- (thy) self
- eva
- only
- ātmanā
- by (thy) self
- ātmānam
- (thy) self
- vettha
- knowest
- tvam
- thou
- puruṣottama
- O Puruṣottama
- bhūtabhāvana
- beings, causest to become, thus
- bhūteśa
- of beings, O Lord
- devadeva
- of gods, O God
- jagatpate
- of the world, O Ruler
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Knowest Thyself: as the Lord, as the Īśvara possessed of unsurpassed wisdom, sovereignty and other powers.