| Chapter 11: The Universal Form |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.39
vayur yamo 'gnir varunah sasankah
prajapatis tvam prapitamahas ca
namo namas te 'stu sahasra-krtvah
punas ca bhuyo 'pi namo namas te
SYNONYMS
vayuh -- air; yamah -- the controller; agnih -- fire; varunah -- water; sasa-ankah -- the moon; prajapatih -- Brahma; tvam -- You; prapitamahah -- the great-grandfather; ca -- also; namah -- my respects; namah -- again my respects; te -- unto You; astu -- let there be; sahasra-krtvah -- a thousand times; punah ca -- and again; bhuyah -- again; api -- also; namah -- offering my respects; namah te -- offering my respects unto You.
TRANSLATION
You are air, and You are the supreme controller! You are fire, You are water, and You are the moon! You are Brahma, the first living creature, and You are the great-grandfather. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!
PURPORT
The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Krsna as the great-grandfather because He is the father of Brahma, the first living creature in the universe.
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