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

namaḥ purastād atha pṛṣṭhatas te namo 'stu te sarvata eva sarva |ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato 'si sarvaḥ ||

नमः पुरस्तात् · namaḥ purastāt
homage before you
पृष्ठतः · pṛṣṭhataḥ
behind
सर्वतः · sarvataḥ
on every side
सर्व · sarva
O All
अनन्तवीर्य · ananta-vīrya
O infinite in power
अमितविक्रमः · amita-vikramaḥ
of boundless valor
समाप्नोषि · samāpnoṣi
you pervade, encompass
सर्वः · sarvaḥ
the All

Homage before you and behind you; homage to you on every side, O All. Infinite in power and boundless in valor, you pervade all — therefore you are the All.

Original plain-language translation

Prostration in every direction answers a God who faces every direction (verse 11). The logic is stated plainly: because Krishna pervades all, he is all — immanence and identity in one line.

Reader's notes (original)