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
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
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, Pārtha[1. Name of Arjuna.]! know Me (to be). The wisdom of the wise, I am; and the lustre of the illustrious, (I am).’
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