ādiḥ

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः

ādim — the origin

But the great-souled, son of Pritha, having taken refuge in the divine nature, worship me with a mind turned nowhere else, knowing me as the imperishable origin of all beings.

न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः

ādiḥ — the source

Neither the hosts of gods nor the great seers know my origin. I am the source of the gods and of the great seers, in every way.

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्

ādi-devam — the Primal Being

You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the highest purifier; the eternal divine person, the first of gods, unborn, all-pervading.

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः

ādiḥ — the beginning

I am the self seated in the heart of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of beings.

सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन

ādiḥ — the beginning

I am the beginning, the middle and the end of creations, Arjuna. Among knowledges, the knowledge of the self; and among those who argue, the argument.

अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्

ādim — beginning

I see you everywhere, of endless form, with many arms and bellies and mouths and eyes. I see no end in you, no middle and no beginning, lord of all.

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे

ādi-kartre — to the original creator

And why should they not bow to you, great one, greater than Brahma, the first maker? Endless lord, god of gods, refuge of the world — you are the imperishable, what is and what is not, and what is beyond both.

त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्

ādi-devaḥ — the original Divine God

You are the first of gods, the ancient person, the ultimate resting place of this world; the knower and the known, and the highest dwelling. By you this world is pervaded, you of endless form.

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा

ādiḥ — beginning

Its form is not perceived here as it is — neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its middle. Having cut this deep-rooted fig with the strong axe of non-attachment,