Chapter 5
नाहं वेद परं ह्यस्मिन्नापरं न समं विभो । नामरूपगुणैर्भाव्यं सदसत् किञ्चिदन्यत: ॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration
nāhaṁ veda paraṁ hy asmin nāparaṁ na samaṁ vibho nāma-rūpa-guṇair bhāvyaṁ sad-asat kiñcid anyataḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
na — do not; aham — myself; veda — know; param — superior; hi — for; asmin — in this world; na — neither; aparam — inferior; na — nor; samam — equal; vibho — O great one; nāma — name; rūpa — characteristics; guṇaiḥ — by qualification; bhāvyam — all that is created; sat — eternal; asat — temporary; kiñcit — or anything like that; anyataḥ — from any other source.
Translation
“Whatever we can understand by the nomenclature, characteristics and features of a particular thing — superior, inferior or equal, eternal or temporary — is not created from any source other than that of Your Lordship, thou so great.”