श्रीउद्धव उवाच त्वं ब्रह्म परमं साक्षादनाद्यन्तमपावृतम् । सर्वेषामपि भावानां त्राणस्थित्यप्ययोद्भव: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca tvaṁ brahma paramaṁ sākṣād anādy-antam apāvṛtam sarveṣām api bhāvānāṁ trāṇa-sthity-apyayodbhavaḥ
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- tvam
- You are
- brahma
- the greatest
- paramam
- the supreme
- sākṣāt
- Himself
- anādi
- without beginning
- antam
- without end
- apāvṛtam
- unlimited by anything else
- sarveṣām
- of all
- api
- indeed
- bhāvānām
- things which exist
- trāṇa
- the protector
- sthiti
- the life-giver
- apyaya
- the destruction
- udbhavaḥ
- and the creation
Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, You are beginningless and endless, the Absolute Truth Himself, unlimited by anything else. You are the protector and life-giver, the destruction and creation of all things that exist.