Shloka 14
The Prayers of the Personified Vedas (Śruti-stuti) and the Indescribable Absolute
श्रीश्रुतय ऊचु: जय जय जह्यजामजित दोषगृभीतगुणां त्वमसि यदात्मना समवरुद्धसमस्तभग: । अगजगदोकसामखिलशक्त्यवबोधक ते क्वचिदजयात्मना च चरतोऽनुचरेन्निगम: ॥ १४ ॥
śrī-śrutaya ūcuḥ jaya jaya jahy ajām ajita doṣa-gṛbhīta-guṇāṁ tvam asi yad ātmanā samavaruddha-samasta-bhagaḥ aga-jagad-okasām akhila-śakty-avabodhaka te kvacid ajayātmanā ca carato ’nucaren nigamaḥ
The śrutis said: Victory, victory to You, O unconquerable Lord! By Your very nature You are complete in all opulences; therefore, please subdue māyā, who seizes the guṇas and brings fault and suffering upon the bound souls. O awakener of all energies in embodied beings, moving and unmoving! Sometimes the Vedas can recognize You when You sport in līlā with Your invincible material and spiritual potencies.
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the twenty-eight verses of the prayers of the personified Vedas (texts 14-41) represent the opinions of each of the twenty-eight major śrutis. These chief Upaniṣads and other śrutis concern themselves with various approaches to the Absolute Truth, and among them those śrutis are supreme which emphasize pure, unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Upaniṣads direct our attention to the Personality of Godhead by first negating what is distinct from Him and then defining some of His important characteristics.
FAQs
Ajita means “unconquered.” The Śrutis praise the Supreme Lord as never overcome by māyā or any power, even though He controls all energies.
Because the Lord acts by His own inconceivable potency (ajayā) and is unlimited; therefore finite words and concepts can only indicate Him, not exhaustively define Him.
It teaches humility before the Absolute and encourages devotion: instead of trying to “master” God intellectually, one should seek purification from māyā and approach Him through sincere bhakti.