ब्रह्मोवाच नमस्ते श्रितसत्त्वाय धर्मादीनां च सूतये । निर्गुणाय च यत्काष्ठां नाहं वेदापरेऽपि च ॥ ४० ॥
brahmovaca namas te srita-sattvaya dharmadinam ca sutaye nirgunaya ca yat-kastham naham vedapare ’pi ca
- brahma
- the personified Vedas
- uvaca
- said
- namah
- respectful obeisances
- te
- unto You
- srita-sattvaya
- the shelter of the quality of goodness
- dharma-adinam
- of all religion, austerity and penance
- ca
- and
- sutaye
- the source
- nirgunaya
- transcendental to material qualities
- ca
- and
- yat
- of whom (of the Supreme Lord)
- kastham
- the situation
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- veda
- know
- apare
- others
- api
- certainly
- ca
- and.
The personified Vedas said: We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, the Lord, the shelter of the quality of goodness and therefore the source of all religion, austerity and penance, for You are transcendental to all material qualities and no one knows You or Your actual situation.