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Whosoever meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler (of the whole world), minuter than an atom, the supporter of all, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun and beyond the darkness of ignorance.

One should meditate on the seer, the ancient one, the ruler, subtler than the subtle, the sustainer of all, whose form is beyond thought, radiant as the sun and beyond darkness.

In a longer metre, Krishna describes the one on whom to meditate. He is kavi, the seer or wise one; purāṇa, the ancient; the ruler; subtler than the subtlest; the sustainer of all; of a form beyond thought; radiant like the sun; beyond darkness. The verse gathers many attributes into one sentence, mixing the intimate and the cosmic. Such lists help the meditator hold before the mind a reality that cannot be grasped by a single image. The sentence continues into the next verse.