BG - 8.9

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

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

• 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
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Translation

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.

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