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)