Devanagari
ॐ नमो भगवते अकूपाराय सर्वसत्त्वगुणविशेषणायानुपलक्षितस्थानाय नमो वर्ष्मणे नमो भूम्ने नमो नमोऽवस्थानाय नमस्ते ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
oṁ namo bhagavate akūpārāya sarva-sattva-guṇa-viśeṣaṇāyānu-palakṣita-sthānāya namo varṣmaṇe namo bhūmne namo namo ’vasthānāya namas te.
Synonyms
om
—
O my Lord
;
namaḥ
—
respectful obeisances
;
bhagavate
—
unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
akūpārāya
—
in the form of a tortoise
;
sarva
—
sattva — guṇa — viśeṣaṇāya — whose form consists of śuddha-sattva, transcendental goodness
;
anupalakṣita
—
sthānāya — unto You, whose position is not discernible
;
namaḥ
—
my respectful obeisances
;
varṣmaṇe
—
unto You who, although the oldest, are unaffected by time
;
namaḥ
—
my respectful obeisances
;
bhūmne
—
to the great one who can go everywhere
;
namaḥ namaḥ
—
repeated obeisances
;
avasthānāya
—
the shelter of everything
;
namaḥ
—
respectful obeisances
;
te
—
unto You .
Translation
O my Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who have assumed the form of a tortoise. You are the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and being entirely untinged by matter, You are perfectly situated in pure goodness. You move here and there in the water, but no one can discern Your position. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Because of Your transcendental position, You are not limited by past, present and future. You are present everywhere as the shelter of all things, and therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You again and again.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
I offer respects to the Supreme Lord, the tortoise, a form of śuddha-sattva, having an invisible abode of Vaikuṇṭha, who has a huge, all-pervading body, and who acts as the support of all things.
I offer respects to the turtle (akūpārāya), who has a form (viśeṣanāya) of perfect (sarva) sattva, a form of śuddha-sattva, who has a Vaikuṇṭha abode invisible to all, who has a huge body (varṣmaṇe), who is all-pervading (bhūmne), who is the support (avasthānāya).
Purport
In the
Brahma-saṁhitā
it is said,
goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ:
the Lord always remains in Goloka, the topmost planet in the spiritual world. At the same time, He is all-pervading. This paradox is only possible for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is full of all opulences. The Lord’s all-pervasiveness is confirmed in
Bhagavad-gītā
(18.61)
where Kṛṣṇa states,
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati:
“The Supreme Lord is seated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna.” Elsewhere in
Bhagavad-gītā
(15.15)
the Lord says,
sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jṣānam apohanaṁ ca:
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” Therefore, although the Lord is present everywhere, He cannot be seen with ordinary eyes. As Aryamā says, the Lord is
anupalakṣita-sthāna:
no one can locate Him. This is the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.