Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 9

Sanskrit Verse

कविं पुराणमनुशासितार

मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः।

सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप

मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।

Transliteration

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāram

aṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥ

sarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpam

āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

Word meanings

kavim—poet; purāṇam—ancient; anuśhāsitāram—the controller; aṇoḥ—than the atom; aṇīyānsam—smaller; anusmaret—always remembers; yaḥ—who; sarvasya—of everything; dhātāram—the support; achintya—inconceivable; rūpam—divine form; āditya-varṇam—effulgent like the sun; tamasaḥ—to the darkness of ignorance; parastāt—beyond;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Whosoever meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler of the whole world, minuter than an atom, the supporter of all, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun and beyond the darkness of ignorance.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 8

Related Gunas: Tamas