Shloka 41
The Prayers of the Personified Vedas (Śruti-stuti) and the Indescribable Absolute
द्युपतय एव ते न ययुरन्तमनन्ततयात्वमपि यदन्तराण्डनिचया ननु सावरणा: । ख इव रजांसि वान्ति वयसा सह यच्छ्रुतय-स्त्वयि हि फलन्त्यतन्निरसनेन भवन्निधना: ॥ ४१ ॥
dyu-pataya eva te na yayur antam anantatayā tvam api yad-antarāṇḍa-nicayā nanu sāvaraṇāḥ kha iva rajāṁsi vānti vayasā saha yac chrutayas tvayi hi phalanty atan-nirasanena bhavan-nidhanāḥ
Because You are unlimited, neither the lords of heaven nor even You Yourself can reach the end of Your glories. Countless universes, each wrapped in its own shell, are driven by the wheel of time to wander within You like dust motes in the sky. The śrutis, by their method of negating all that is separate from the Supreme, succeed by revealing You as their final conclusion.
Now, in their last prayer, the personified Vedas draw the conclusion that all śrutis, by their various literal and metaphorical references, ultimately describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s identity, personal qualities and powers. The Upaniṣads glorify Him without end: yad ūrdhvaṁ gārgi divo yad arvāk pṛthivyā yad antarā dyāvā-pṛthivī ime yad bhūtaṁ bhavac ca bhaviṣyac ca. “My dear daughter of Garga, His greatness encompasses everything above us in heaven, everything below the surface of the earth, everything in between heaven and earth, and everything that has ever existed, exists now or will ever exist.” ( Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.4)
FAQs
It says even the celestial rulers cannot reach the Lord’s limit, because He is infinite and contains innumerable universes within Himself.
Because the purpose of Vedic revelation is fulfilled when it leads to the Supreme—by negating everything that is not the Absolute and establishing Him as the final conclusion.
By steadily rejecting false identities and temporary goals as ultimate, and orienting one’s life toward lasting spiritual reality—devotion and surrender to the Supreme.