पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya tvam asya pūjyaś ca gurur garīyān |na tvat-samo 'sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto 'nyo loka-traye 'py apratima-prabhāva ||
- पिता · pitā
- father
- चराचरस्य · carācarasya
- of the moving and unmoving
- पूज्यः · pūjyaḥ
- worthy of worship
- गुरुः गरीयान् · guruḥ garīyān
- the weightiest teacher
- त्वत्समः · tvat-samaḥ
- equal to you
- अभ्यधिकः · abhyadhikaḥ
- greater, superior
- अप्रतिमप्रभाव · apratima-prabhāva
- O matchless in power
“You are the father of the world of moving and unmoving things, its worship-worthy and most weighty teacher. None is equal to you — how could another be greater — in all three worlds, O matchless in power?”
— Original plain-language translation
Father, teacher, and incomparable one: Arjuna stacks every relation of reverence. The rhetorical question ('how could another be greater?') closes all rivalry — this is exclusive devotion finding its philosophical voice.
— Reader's notes (original)