BG 10.12-13

अर्जुन उवाच
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् ।
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा ।
असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥
arjuna uvāca
paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān
puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum
āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā
asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me

Word-for-word meanings

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said;  bhavān — You;  param — [are] the supreme;  brahma — Absolute Truth;  param — the supreme;  dhāma — shelter;  paramam — [and] supremely;  pavitram — pure;  sarve — all;  ṛṣayaḥ — the sages;  deva-ṛṣiḥ — [such as] the celestial sage;  nāradaḥ — Nārada;  asitaḥ — Asita;  devalaḥ — Devala;  tathā — and;  vyāsaḥ — Vyāsa;  āhuḥ — call;  tvām — You;  śāśvatam — the eternal;  divyam — divine;  puruṣam — person;  ādi-devam — the primeval deity;  ajam — birthless;  vibhum — [and] omnipresent;  ca — and;  svayam — You Yourself;  eva — indeed;  bravīṣi — are telling;  me — me [the same].

Translation

Arjuna said: You are the supreme Absolute Truth, the supreme shelter and supremely pure. All the sages — such as the celestial sage Nārada, Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa — call You the eternal divine person, the primeval deity, birthless, and omnipresent. And You Yourself indeed are telling me the same.

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