BG 11.37
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे ।
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥
kasmāc ca te na nameran mahātman
garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre
ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa
tvam akṣaraṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat
garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre
ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa
tvam akṣaraṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat
Word-for-word meanings
mahā-ātman — O Great Being; kasmāt — why; ca — indeed; na nameran — should they not bow down; te — to You; garīyase — [who are] greater; brahmaṇaḥ api — even than Brahmā; ādi-kartre — being the origin even of him; ananta — O Unlimited One; deva-īśa — O Master of the devas; jagat-nivāsa — O Abode of the Cosmos; tvam — You [are]; tat — that; akṣaram — imperishable [Brahman]; yat — which [is]; param — beyond; sat-asat — cause and effect.
Translation
O Mahātman, why indeed should they not bow down to You, who are greater even than Brahmā, being the origin even of him? O Unlimited One, Master of the devas, Abode of the Cosmos, You are the imperishable Brahman, which is beyond cause and effect.