Bhagavad Gita 11.43 Meaning: Pitasi lokasya characharasya

Bhagavad Gita 11.43

पिताऽसि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥

Pitasi lokasya characharasya tvamasya pujyashcha gururgariyanNa tvatsamostyabhyadhikah kutonyo lokatrayepyapratimaprabhava

pitā’si lokasya carācarasya tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān |na tvatsamo’styabhyadhikaḥ kuto’nyo lokatraye’pyapratimaprabhāva ||

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Our explanation Arjuna says Krishna is the father of the world, of all that moves and all that stands still; he is its object of worship and its greatest teacher (guru). There is no one equal to him in the three worlds; how could there be anyone greater? The verse ends with a form of address, 'O you whose power is unequalled', as today's texts read it and as Telang translates it; the 1922 printing has the statement 'his power is unequalled' (see the variants). The sense is the same.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि कृष्ण इस चर-अचर जगत के पिता हैं; वे इसके पूज्य हैं और सबसे बड़े गुरु हैं। तीनों लोकों में उनके समान कोई नहीं; उनसे बड़ा कोई कैसे हो सकता है? श्लोक संबोधन से समाप्त होता है, “हे अनुपम प्रभाव वाले”, जैसा आज के पाठ पढ़ते हैं और तेलंग अनुवाद करते हैं; 1922 की छपाई में “अप्रतिमप्रभावः” (उनका प्रभाव अनुपम है) है (पाठभेद देखें)। अर्थ एक ही है।

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पिता pitā · father (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pitṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 626, col. 2 “a father”
असि asi · are (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
लोकस्य lokasya · of the world (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 1 “the wide space or world”
चराचरस्य carācarasya · moving and unmoving (compound (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. carācara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 389, col. 2 “movable and immovable, locomotive and stationary”
त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
अस्य asya · of this (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here”
पूज्यः pūjyaḥ · worthy of worship (gerundive (to be done) (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pūjya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 641, col. 2
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
गुरुः guruḥ · teacher (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: guru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 359, col. 2 “a spiritual parent or preceptor”
गरीयान् garīyān · greater, most honoured (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: garīyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 348, col. 3 “greater than (abl.)”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
त्वत्समः tvatsamaḥ · equal to you (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”; sama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 1 “same, equal, similar ...; always the same, constant, unchanged, fair, impartial towards”
अस्ति asti · is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
अभ्यधिकः abhyadhikaḥ · greater (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: abhy-adhika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 75, col. 3 “superior to, more excellent than”
कुतः kutaḥ · how then (indeclinable) Dictionary: kutas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 290, col. 2 “from where? whence?”
अन्यः anyaḥ · another (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
लोकत्रये lokatraye · in the three worlds (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: loka-traya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 2 “'world-triad,' the three w°s (heaven, earth and atmosphere, or h°, earth and lower regions)”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “even, also, very”
अप्रतिमप्रभाव apratimaprabhāva · O you of matchless power (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: a-pratima, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 57, col. 3 “unequalled, incomparable, without a match”; pra-bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 2 “might, power, majesty, dignity, strength, efficacy”

3 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: पिताऽसि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभावः ॥
Word The 1922 Madras printing reads: न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभावः The 1922 base printing (leaf n180, confirmed on a 3× crop) reads the nominative अप्रतिमप्रभावः ('[you,] whose power is unequalled'). Under decision 14 the display follows the vocative अप्रतिमप्रभाव, printed by Gita Press (p. 137) and read in sanskritdocuments.org, GRETIL and Sanskrit Wikisource.
Spelling A digital text reads The e-text writes पितासि where the 1922 edition marks the merged vowel (पिताऽसि).

Bhagavad Gita 11.43: meaning and translation

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