कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे ।अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥
kasmāc ca te na nameran mahātman garīyase brahmaṇo 'py ādi-kartre |ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa tvam akṣaraṃ sad-asat tat paraṃ yat ||
- कस्मात् · kasmāt
- why
- न नमेरन् · na nameran
- should they not bow
- महात्मन् · mahātman
- O great Being
- गरीयसे · garīyase
- to the greater, weightier one
- ब्रह्मणः अपि · brahmaṇaḥ api
- than Brahma even
- आदिकर्त्रे · ādi-kartre
- to the primal creator
- अनन्त · ananta
- O boundless one
- अक्षरम् · akṣaram
- the imperishable
- सदसत् तत् परम् · sad-asat tat param
- being and non-being, and what is beyond them
“And why should they not bow to you, O great Being — greater even than Brahma, the primal creator? O boundless one, Lord of gods, abode of the world: you are the imperishable, being and non-being, and what lies beyond both.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna reasons the universe into worship: Krishna is prior even to Brahma the creator. 'Being, non-being, and beyond' gathers every metaphysical category into one address — compare 9.19, now spoken by the disciple, not the teacher.
— Reader's notes (original)