Sanskrit · Devanagari
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā sanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882You are indestructible, the supreme one to be known. You are the highest support of this universe. You are the inexhaustible protector of everlasting piety. I believe you to be the eternal being.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।11.18।। --,त्वम् अक्षरं न क्षरतीति? परमं ब्रह्म वेदितव्यं ज्ञातव्यं मुमुक्षुभिः। त्वम् अस्य विश्वस्य समस्तस्य जगतः परं प्रकृष्टं निधानं निधीयते अस्मिन्निति निधानं परः आश्रयः इत्यर्थः। किञ्च? त्वम् अव्ययः न तव व्ययो विद्यते इति अव्ययः? शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता शश्वद्भवः शाश्वतः नित्यः धर्मः तस्य गोप्ता शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता। सनातनः चिरंतनः त्वं पुरुषः परमः मतः अभिप्रेतः मे मम।।किञ्च --,
85d92a1c38d3…Rāmānuja
11.18 You alone are the Supreme 'Imperishable Person' indicated as that which ought to be realised in such Upanisadic passages as: 'Two sciences are to be known' (Mun. U., 1.1.4). You alone are the 'Supreme Substratum' of the universe, i.e., supreme support of this universe. You are 'immutable', namely, not liable to mutation. Whatever might be your attributes and divine manifestations, You remain unchanged in Your form. You alone are the guardian of 'the eternal law' - You who protect the eternal Dharma of the Veda by incarnations like this. I know you are the everlasting Person. I know You are the eternal Person, described in such passages as, 'I know this great Purusa' (Tai. A., 3.12.7) and 'Person who is higher than the high' (Mun. U., 3.2.8). You, who were till now known to me as the most distinguished of the race of Yadu, have been realised by me now through direct perception as of this nature, i.e., of a nature unknown to me before. Such is the meaning.
0c553754d5b1…Swami Sivananda
11.18 त्वम् Thou? अक्षरम् imperishable? परमम् the Supreme Being? वेदितव्यम् worthy to be known? त्वम् Thou? अस्य (of) this? विश्वस्य of universe? परम् the great? निधानम् treasurehouse? त्वम् Thou? अव्ययः imperishable? शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता Protector of the Eternal Dharma? सनातनः ancient? त्वम् Thou? पुरुषः Purusha? मतः thought? मे of me.Commentary VisvasyaNidhaanam Treasurehouse of this universe? also means abode or refuge or the substratum of this universe. It is because of this that all the beings in the universe are preserved and protected. He is the inexhaustibel source to Whom the devotee turns at all times. Deluded indeed are they that ignore this divine treasurehouse and runa fter the shadow of the objects of the senses which do not contain even an iota of pleasure.Veditavyam To be known by the aspirants or seekrs of liberation? through Sravana (hearing of the scriptures)? Manana (reflection) and Nididhyasana (meditation).Avyayah means inexhaustible? unchanging? undying.
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