SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
bIjam mAm sarvabhUthAnAm vidhdhi pArtha sanAthanam |
budhdhir budhdhimathAm asmi thEjas thEjasvinAm aham ||
word-by-word meaning (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)
pArtha – Oh son of kunthI!
sarva bhUthAnAm – in all entities which undergo transformation
sanAthanam bIjam mAm vidhdhi – know me as the eternal ability which causes the transformation
aham – I
budhdhi mathAm – of the intelligent
budhdhi: asmi – am the intellect
thEjasvinAm – of the illustrious
thEja: (asmi) – I am the lustre
Simple Translation (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation)
Oh pArtha! Know me as the eternal ability which causes the transformation in all entities which undergo transformation; I am the intellect of the intelligent and the lustre of the illustrious.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘The primeval Seed of all beings, Pārtha1! know Me (to be). The wisdom of the wise, I am; and the lustre of the illustrious, (I am).’
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