11.43
पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य
त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो
लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya
tvam asya pūjyaś ca gurur garīyān
na tvatsamo 'sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto 'nyo
lokatraye 'py apratimaprabhāva
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
You are the father of the world, of the moving and the unmoving; you are its object of honor and the greater teacher; there is none equal to you, and how could there be another greater, even in the three worlds, O matchless power?
नेपालीमा
तपाईं चल्ने र नचल्ने संसारका पिता हुनुहुन्छ, यसको पूज्य र झन् महान् गुरु हुनुहुन्छ। हे बेजोड शक्ति, तपाईंको बराबर कोही छैन, तीनै लोकमा तपाईंभन्दा महान् अर्को कसरी हुन सक्छ।
Where it sits
The apology was for treating him as a friend among friends. This verse says why that rank was too small. No equal, no one above. 11.44 will ask him to bear the slight as a father bears a son.
Split: पिता + असि + लोकस्य + चर-अचरस्य + त्वम् + अस्य + पूज्यः + च + गुरुः + गरीयान् + न + त्वत्-समः + अस्ति + अभ्यधिकः + कुतः + अन्यः + लोक-त्रये + अपि + अप्रतिम-प्रभाव
pitā + asi + lokasya + cara-acarasya + tvam + asya + pūjyaḥ + ca + guruḥ + garīyān + na + tvat-samaḥ + asti + abhyadhikaḥ + kutaḥ + anyaḥ + loka-traye + api + apratima-prabhāva
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| पिता | pitā | nominative | the father. |
| असि | asi | present, 2nd singular | you are. |
| लोकस्य | lokasya | genitive | of the world. |
| चर-अचरस्य | cara-acarasya | genitive | of the moving and the unmoving. |
| त्वम् | tvam | nominative | you. |
| अस्य | asya | genitive | of this. |
| पूज्यः | pūjyaḥ | nominative | to be honored. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| गुरुः | guruḥ | nominative | the teacher. |
| गरीयान् | garīyān | nominative masculine | weightier. Greater. Nominative of garīyas (गरीयस्). |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| त्वत्-समः | tvat-samaḥ | nominative | your equal. |
| अस्ति | asti | present, 3rd singular | there is. |
| अभ्यधिकः | abhyadhikaḥ | nominative | one greater. |
| कुतः | kutaḥ | indeclinable | from where. How. |
| अन्यः | anyaḥ | nominative | another. |
| लोक-त्रये | loka-traye | locative | in the three worlds. |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | even. |
| अप्रतिम-प्रभाव | apratima-prabhāva | vocative | O you of matchless power. apratima (अप्रतिम) is without a match. |
The phrases
pitā asi lokasya cara-acarasya (पिता असि लोकस्य चर-अचरस्य) gives him the place a father has. You are the father of the world, of what moves and what does not.
त्वम् अस्य पूज्यः च गुरुः गरीयान् tvam asya pūjyaḥ ca guruḥ garīyān adds teacher to father. You are the one to be honored, and the teacher, and the greater one.
na tvat-samaḥ asti abhyadhikaḥ kutaḥ anyaḥ (न त्वत्-समः अस्ति अभ्यधिकः कुतः अन्यः) clears the field. There is no one equal to you. How could there be another greater, even in the three worlds?
Sanskrit in this line
tvat-samaḥ (त्वत्-समः) is "equal to you." The ablative-like tvat (त्वत्) inside the compound is the person compared. na tvat-samaḥ asti (न त्वत्-समः अस्ति) denies an equal. abhyadhikaḥ (अभ्यधिकः) would be someone past that, greater, and kutaḥ (कुतः) denies the place such a one could come from. गुरुः + गरीयान् guruḥ + garīyān is gurur garīyān (गुरुर्गरीयान्): uḥ (उः) before a voiced consonant becomes ur (उर्).
Say it back
Father, teacher, and the denial of an equal. If abhyadhikaḥ (अभ्यधिकः) is someone he grants, the kutaḥ (कुतः) was missed.