आस्तेऽनस्तमितो भास्वानजो देवो निरामयः । सर्वदा सर्वकृत्सर्वः परमात्मा महेश्वरः ॥ ४ ॥
āstē’nastamitō bhāsvānajō dēvō nirāmayaḥ | sarvadā sarvakṛtsarvaḥ paramātmā mahēśvaraḥ || 4 ||
Translation
There is the one who never sets, the shining one, the unborn God, without affliction, at all times the maker of all, the All, the supreme Self, the great Lord.
Word by word
- āstē
- there is
- anastamitō
- (anastamitaḥ) who never sets
- bhāsvān
- the shining one
- ajō
- (ajaḥ) unborn
- dēvō
- (devaḥ) God
- nirāmayaḥ
- without affliction
- sarvadā
- at all times
- sarva
- of all
- kṛt
- the maker
- sarvaḥ
- the All
- paramātmā
- the supreme Self
- mahēśvaraḥ
- the great Lord
Meaning
The tranquil is now named. He never sets (anastamita): a sun without an evening, the light that is there when every other light has gone. The commentary: self-luminous, unborn, shining, dense with bliss, always all-powerful, God of gods, imperishable. Maker of all, and the All itself: he is not one thing beside the world he makes. How he can make everything and yet do nothing is the last word of this sarga (v. 24).