1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 38

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Arjuna Praises the Lord 35-44

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 38

Tvam adi devah purushah puranah tvam asya vishvasya param nidhanam I

Vettasi  vedyam cha param cha dham tvaya tatam vishwam anantarupa II sloka 38

त्वं  आदि देवाः पुरुषः पुराणाः त्वं अस्य विश्वस्य परम् निधानं I

वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परम् च धाम त्वया ततम् विश्वम् अनन्त रूप II श्लोक 38 

You are the primal god, the ancient purusha; you are the supreme abode of all this, you are the knower and the knowable and the supreme abode; this universe is pervaded by you, O being of Infinite form.

The Lord is adideva or primal god because of his being the source of everything sentient and insentient. The puri of prakriti is his construction; and he being its oldest occupant, He is purana purusha. When prakriti is withdrawn during pralaya, it goes to rest in him. For this reason he is called Param Nidhanam or the supreme abode.

The sun throws light and reveals the earth that has come out from itself. Akin to this, the lord is the cogniser and the object cognised. The sea is his abode, it being the originator, the sustainer and witholder of the waves. Even so, the lord is the supreme abode, Param Dhama of the universe.The effect known as the universe is pervaded by the cause known as Iswara in his infinite forms