Verse 8.9

bg.8.9

Sanskrit

कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāram aṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।8.9।। जो सर्वज्ञ, पुराण, शासन करनेवाला, सूक्ष्म-से-सूक्ष्म, सबका धारण-पोषण करनेवाला, अज्ञानसे अत्यन्त परे, सूर्यकी तरह प्रकाशस्वरूप -- ऐसे अचिन्त्य स्वरूपका चिन्तन करता है।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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;

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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