Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 40
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व । अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva | anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ
Translation
Hail to Thee before and behind! Hail to Thee on every side! O All! Thou, infinite in power and infinite in daring, pervadest all; wherefore Thou art All.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- namaḥ
- hail
- purastāt
- from before
- atha
- also
- pṛṣṭhataḥ
- from behind
- te
- to Thee
- namaḥ
- hail
- astu
- be
- te
- to Thee
- sarvataḥ
- on every side
- eva
- even
- sarva
- O All
- anantavīrya
- endless, strength, whose, he
- amitavikramaḥ
- boundless, strength, whose, he
- tvam
- thou
- sarvam
- all
- samāpnoṣi
- concludest
- tataḥ
- thence
- asi
- (thou) art
- sarvaḥ
- all
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Before: in the East. On every side: as Thou art present in all quarters. A man may be powerful, but he may not dare to slay the enemies, or he may be slow in daring; but Thou art infinite both in power and in daring. Pervadest: by Thy One Self. O All: without Thee nothing exists.