BG - 11.37

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे। अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्।।11.37।।

kasmāch cha te na nameran mahātman garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre ananta deveśha jagan-nivāsa tvam akṣharaṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat

• kasmāt - why
• cha - and
• te - you
• na nameran - should they not bow down
• mahā-ātman - The Great one
• garīyase - who are greater
• brahmaṇaḥ - than Brahma
• api - even
• ādi-kartre - to the original creator
• ananta - The limitless One
• deva-īśha - Lord of the devatās
• jagat-nivāsa - Refuge of the universe
• tvam - you
• akṣharam - the imperishable
• sat-asat - manifest and non-manifest
• tat - that
• param - beyond
• yat - which

Translation

And why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O Abode of the universe; Thou art the imperishable, the Being, the non-being, and That which is supreme—that which is beyond the Being and the non-being.

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