श्रीदेवक्युवाच रूपं यत् तत् प्राहुरव्यक्तमाद्यं ब्रह्म ज्योतिर्निर्गुणं निर्विकारम् । सत्तामात्रं निर्विशेषं निरीहं स त्वं साक्षाद् विष्णुरध्यात्मदीप: ॥ २४ ॥
śrī-devaky uvāca rūpaṁ yat tat prāhur avyaktam ādyaṁ brahma jyotir nirguṇaṁ nirvikāram sattā-mātraṁ nirviśeṣaṁ nirīhaṁ sa tvaṁ sākṣād viṣṇur adhyātma-dīpaḥ
- śrī-devakī uvāca
- Śrī Devakī said
- rūpam
- form or substance
- yat tat
- because You are the same substance
- prāhuḥ
- You are sometimes called
- avyaktam
- not perceivable by the material senses (ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ)
- ādyam
- You are the original cause
- brahma
- You are known as Brahman
- jyotiḥ
- light
- nirguṇam
- without material qualities
- nirvikāram
- without change, the same form of Viṣṇu perpetually
- sattā-mātram
- the original substance, the cause of everything
- nirviśeṣam
- You are present everywhere as the Supersoul (within the heart of a human being and within the heart of an animal, the same substance is present)
- nirīham
- without material desires
- saḥ
- that Supreme Person
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- sākṣāt
- directly
- viṣṇuḥ
- Lord Viṣṇu
- adhyātma-dīpaḥ
- the light for all transcendental knowledge (knowing You, one knows everything: yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati)
Śrī Devakī said: My dear Lord, there are different Vedas, some of which describe You as unperceivable through words and the mind. Yet You are the origin of the entire cosmic manifestation. You are Brahman, the greatest of everything, full of effulgence like the sun. You have no material cause, You are free from change and deviation, and You have no material desires. Thus the Vedas say that You are the substance. Therefore, my Lord, You are directly the origin of all Vedic statements, and by understanding You, one gradually understands everything. You are different from the light of Brahman and Paramātmā, yet You are not different from them. Everything emanates from You. Indeed, You are the cause of all causes, Lord Viṣṇu, the light of all transcendental knowledge.