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Chapter 11 · Verse 38 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.38

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Sanskrit

त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप।।11.38।।

Transliteration

tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇas tvam asya viśhvasya paraṁ nidhānam vettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāma tvayā tataṁ viśhvam ananta-rūpa

Word by Word

tvam you
ādi-devaḥ the original Divine God
puruṣhaḥ personality
purāṇaḥ primeval
tvam you
asya of (this)
viśhwasya universe
param Supreme
nidhānam resting place
vettā the knower
asi you are
vedyam the object of knowledge
cha and
param Supreme
cha and
dhāma Abode
tvayā by you
tatam pervaded
viśhwam the universe
ananta-rūpa posessor of infinite forms
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna beholds the truth that Krishna is not merely a teacher or guide, but the primordial consciousness from which all existence flows—the knower, the known, and the ground of all knowing itself. He is the eternal substratum upon which the entire cosmos rests and moves.

This recognition dissolves the boundary between worshipper and worshipped, revealing that the infinite Divine simultaneously knows you, is known by you, and dwells as the sanctuary within your own heart. When you touch this understanding in meditation or in moments of grace, the separate self dissolves into the luminous truth of oneness.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.38 — BG 11.38

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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