Chapter X · Śloka 12
Arjuna uvāca
अर्जुन उवाच |
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् |
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ||
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् |
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ||
arjuna uvāca |
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān |
puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyam ādi-devam ajaṃ vibhum ||
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān |
puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyam ādi-devam ajaṃ vibhum ||
Arjuna said: You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier; You are the eternal divine Person, the primordial God, the unborn, the all-pervading.
Arjuna's response is not argument but recognition. Having heard Krishna's self-disclosure, he bursts into a litany of names and attributes — each one a different facet of the same incomprehensible reality.