Verse 11.39
Speaker: Arjuna
Sanskrit
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च | नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ||३९||
Transliteration (IAST)
vāyur yamo 'gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca | namo namas te 'stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ punaś ca bhūyo 'pi namo namas te ||39||
Word-by-Word Meanings
Translation
You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, Prajapati, and the great-grandfather of all. Salutations to You a thousand times, and again and again salutations to You.
Commentary
Arjuna identifies Krishna with all the principal Vedic deities and cosmic functions. The repeated 'namo namaḥ' expresses the inadequacy of finite praise before the Infinite. Shankaracharya notes that 'prapitāmaha' (great-grandfather) indicates Krishna is the source even of Brahma, who is called the grandfather of creation.