Verse 11.39-40

Verse 11.39: “Vayu (Wind God), Yama (God of Death), Agni (Fire God), Varuna (God of Ocean), the Hare-marked (Moon God), and Prajapati (Lord of Creation) art Thou, as also the Great-Grandsire. Obeisance, Obeisance let there be unto Thee a thousand times, and yet once more obeisance unto Thee: Obeisance.

Verse 11.40: Obeisance before Thee, and obeisance behind Thee: let there be unto Thee obeisance from all (sides), O Thou that art the All. Thou art of infinite potence and (unbounded) valour, and as Thou dost attain the All, Thou art Thyself the All. Thou pervadest the All, and art hence the All. (519)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

And is there anything indeed that is not in thee, and is there a single spot, wherein thou dost not dwell? So let that be. I bow to thee, just as thou art visible now! Oh, Infinite Lord, Anant, thou art the Vayu (wind God), thou art the Yama (who adjudges according to desserts); thou art the Agni, that animates all living creations. Thou art the ‘Varuna’, (God, ruling the great deep Ocean), as also the ‘Soma’ (the God Moon). Thou art God Brahma, the creator of the universe; thou art also the Primeval Supreme Being who created Brahma. And in whatever other visible or invisible Presence Thou manifest Thy self, I bow, Oh Master of the Universe (jagannātha),”

So with devout heart did the Son of Pandu bow to the Lord, and repeatedly he said, “Obeisance to thee, Oh Lord. My obeisances again and again.” Glancing then with eager eyes over the Omnipresent Deity from head to foot, he again repeated obeisance-obeisance unto thee, Oh Lord”.

As he beheld the Deity, turning his glances over the diverse parts, his mind was enraptured, and he spoke again, “Obeisance-obeisance unto Thee Oh Lord”.

And there beholding in the person of the Deity all the created beings in the universe-animate and inanimate alike, he said, “I bow down to Thee—I bow down to thee, Oh Lord”.

As all these miraculously wonderful myriads of manifestations of the Lord’s Omnipresence stirred up before his vision ever and anon, he repeated “Obeisance-obeisance unto thee, Oh Lord”.

Baffled though he was in any further invocation of the Lord’s praises, he could not contain himself for joy, and in the ecstatic rapture of his devout passion for God, scarcely could he be aware how he was bursting into song.

Thus, in brief, a thousandfold bows, he made, and went on, “Oh Shri Hari I bow to thee as thou standest face to face before me. In vain might we ask if the Lord Almighty has a front and a rear: So do I offer my obeisance from the rear too; standing in the rear, Thou mayst be said to be at my back, albeit to the world, thou art neither in front nor in the rear. To recount thy diverse parts severally is, Oh Lord, beyond the power of my words.

Therefore, I bow to thee, the Be-all, and the Soul of all at once. My obeisance unto thee, Oh Lord; there is no limit to the glory of thy Majesty. Thy might is unfathomed: Thou art the self-same abiding Essence at all times. Thou art the universal Presence everywhere. The sky itself becomes all the spaces in the vault of heaven, and abides as all-pervading sky: even Thou art the Be-all of all things, and pervadest all things, and art the Unity of all things. In short, thou art the entire universe thy self, much as the waves sweeping over the ocean of milk are nothing but milk. Therefore, Oh God, I have now realised the great truth that thou art not other than the universe. Thou art hence the Be-all of the entire universe.