tvaṁ brahma paramaṁ guhyaṁ
tvaṁ brahma paramaṁ guhyaṁ
sad-asad-bhāva-bhāvanam
nānā-śaktibhir ābhātas
tvam ātmā jagad-īśvaraḥ
You are the Supreme Brahman, difficult to comprehend, the cause of superior and inferior natures. You are Viṣṇu, the Lord of the universe, appearing with various energies.
They praise the Lord’s impersonal form as Brahman. You create the living beings with superior and inferior natures such as devatās and demons (sad-asad-bhāva-bhāvanam). They praise him as Viṣṇu: you appear with various energies.
|| 8.7.25 ||
tvaṁ śabda-yonir jagad-ādir ātmā
prāṇendriya-dravya-guṇaḥ svabhāvaḥ
kālaḥ kratuḥ satyam ṛtaṁ ca dharmas
tvayy akṣaraṁ yat tri-vṛd-āmananti
You are the collection of all syllables, the origin of the universe, ahaṅkāra, the prāṇas, the senses the elements, the three guṇas, svabhāva,[127] time, determination, truth, pleasing words, and dharma. The wise determine that you are the syllable oṁ.
This verse praises the Lord as the ultimate expression of all words. You are collection of all syllables. You are the prānaṣ, senses, elements starting with earth and the three guṇas. The wise say that oṁ is in you. They determine that oṁ (trivṛd-akṣaram) represents you.
|| 8.7.26 ||
agnir mukhaṁ te 'khila-devatātmā
kṣitiṁ vidur loka-bhavāṅghri-paṅkajam
kālaṁ gatiṁ te 'khila-devatātmano
diśaś ca karṇau rasanaṁ jaleśam
O source of all planets! The wise know that fire, the essence of all devatās, is your mouth, the earth is your lotus feet, time is the movement of you who are the source of all the devatās, all the directions are your ears, and Varuṇa, master of the waters, is your tongue.
They praise the Lord as the total of everything in the universe in five verses. Fire is the soul of all the devatās. Śruti says agniḥ sarvā devatāḥ: Agni is all the devatās. O cause of the planets (loka-bhava)!
|| 8.7.27 ||
nābhir nabhas te śvasanaṁ nabhasvān
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