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Bhagavad Gita · 10.12 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·12 of 42

अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्

arjuna uvācha paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ

bhavān puruṣhaṁ śhāśhvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum

Sanskrit recitation

Arjuna asks to see more · 10.12–10.18 · Scene

Translation

Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn, and omnipresent."

Meaning

Param Brahma The highest Self. The word Param indicates the pure and attributeless Absolute, free from the limiting adjuncts. It is Satchidananda Brahman. The inferior Brahman is the Brahman with alities (Saguna) or Isvara, Brahman with the limiting adjuncts or the chosen object of meditation by the devotees.Param Dhama means Param Tejah or the supreme light. From the Creator down to the blade of grass the Supreme Being is the support or substratum. Therefore He is known as the supreme abode.Adideva The primeval God or the original God Who existed before all other gods. This God is Para Brahman Itself. It is selfluminous.Pavitram Paramam Supreme purifier. The sacred rivers and holy places of pilgrimage can remove only the sins but Para Brahman can destroy all sins and ignorance, the root cause of all sins. Therefore Para Brahman or the Supreme Self is the supreme purifier.

After Swami Sivananda

Arjuna asks to see more· 10.12–10.18

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
ajam
the Unborn
param
Supreme
brahma
Brahman
dhāma
Abode
divyam
Divine
vibhum
the Great
bhavān
you
paramam
Supreme
pavitram
purifier
puruṣham
personality
ādi-devam
the Primal Being
śhāśhvatam
Eternal
arjunaḥ uvācha
Arjun said

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