Shloka 163
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
अरूपस्याद्यरूपस्य अतिरूपाद्यरूपिण: । अनाट्यन्तमजस्यान्तं वेत्स्यते को5स्य तत्त्वतः
arūpasyādyarūpasya atirūpādyarūpiṇaḥ | anāṭyantamajas yāntaṃ vetsyate ko 'sya tattvataḥ ||
Vāsudeva disse: “Ele é sem forma, e o primeiro entre os sem forma; além de toda forma, e ainda assim a fonte de toda forma. Por ser não nascido, não tem começo nem fim. Quem, em verdade, pode conhecer sua natureza real?”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses the transcendence of the supreme reality: it is beyond form and conceptual limits, unborn and without beginning or end; therefore complete knowledge of its essence is beyond ordinary cognition, encouraging humility and reverence.
Vāsudeva is describing the nature of the highest divine principle (understood in this context as Mahādeva/Śiva): emphasizing its formlessness, primacy, and beginningless-endless character, and concluding that no one can fully grasp its true essence.