Chapter 11 · Verse 38
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्- त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् | वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ||११-३८||
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇasa- tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam . vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa ||11-38||
Primal God because the Lord is the creator of the universe. Purusha because the Lord lies in the body (Puri Sayanat). Nidhaanam That in which the world rests during the great deluge or cosmic dissolution.
11.38 (a) You are the Primal God and the Ancient Person. You are the Supreme resting place of the universe৷৷. (b)৷৷.You are the knower and that which must be known, and the Supreme abode. By You, O infinite of form, is this universe pervaded.
Primal God because the Lord is the creator of the universe. Purusha because the Lord lies in the body (Puri Sayanat). Nidhaanam That in which the world rests during the great deluge or cosmic dissolution. The pot comes out of the clay and gets merged in clay. Even so the world has come out of the Lord and gets dissolved or involved in the Lord. So the Lord is the material cause of the world. Therefore. He is the primal God and the supreme refuge also. Vetta Knower of the knowable things. As the Lord is omniscient. He knows all about the world and He is the instrumental or the efficient cause of this world. Param Dhama Supreme Abode of Vishnu. Just as the rope (the substratum for the superimposed snake) pervades the snake so also Brahman or Vishnu through His Nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute pervades the whole universe. Moreover --
त्वम् Thou आदिदेवः the primal God पुरुषः Purusha पुराणः the ancient त्वम् Thou अस्य of (this) विश्वस्य of Universe परम् the Supreme निधानम् Refuge वेत्ता Knower असि (Thou) art वेद्यम् to be known च and परम् the Supreme च and धाम abode त्वया by Thee ततम् is pervaded विश्वम् the Universe अनन्तरूप O Being of infinite forms.