ित्यत्वं तत्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्‌ ।

एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा ॥

tattva-jnanartha-ि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।

yaj jnatvamrtam asnute

anadi mat-param brahma

na sat tan nasad ucyate

jñeyam—knowable; yat—that; tat—which; pravakṣyāmi—I shall now explain; yat—which; jñātvā—knowing; amṛtam—nectar; aśnute—taste; anādi—beginningless; mat-param—subordinate to Me; brahma—spirit; na—neither; sat—cause; tat—that; na—nor; asat—effect; ucyate—is called.

I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. This is beginningless, and it is subordinate to Me. It is called Brahman, the spirit, and it lies beyond the cause and effect of this material world.

sarvato ‘ksi-siro-mukham

sarvatah srutimal loke

sarvam avrtya tisthati

sarvataḥ—everywhere; pāṇi—hands; pādam—legs; tat—that; sarvataḥ—everywhere; akṣi—eyes; śiraḥ—head; mukham—face; sarvataḥ—everywhere; śrutimat—hearing; loke—in the world; sarvam—everywhere, āvṛtya—covering; tiṣṭhati—exists.

Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Supersoul exists.

sarvendriya-vivarjitam

asaktam sarva-bhrc caiva

nirgunam guna-bhoktr ca

sarve—all; indriya—senses; guṇa—qualities; ābhāsam—original source; sarva—all; indriya—sens