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Bhagavad-gītā  As It ls
[Ch. 10]
arjuna uvāca  
 
 paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma  
 
 pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān  
 
 puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam  
 
 ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum
āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me
arjunaḥ uvāca —Arjuna said;  param —supreme;  brahma —truth;  param —supreme;  dhāma —sustenance;  pavitram —purest;  paramam —supreme;  bhavān —Yourself;  puruṣam —personality;  śāśvatam —original;  divyam —transcendental;  ādi-devam —original Lord;  ajam —unborn;  vibhum —greatest;  āhuḥ —say;  tvām —unto You;  ṛṣayaḥ —sages;  sarve —all;  devarṣiḥ —the sage among the demigods;  nāradaḥ —Nārada;  tathā —also;  asitaḥ —Asita;  devalaḥ —Devala;  vyāsaḥ —Vyāsa;  svayam —personally;  ca —also;  eva —certainly;  bravīṣi —explaining;  me —unto me.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.
PURPORT
In these two verses the Supreme Lord gives a chance to the modern philosopher, for here it is clear that the Supreme is different from the individual soul. Arjuna, after hearing the essential four verses of  Bhagavad-gītā  in this chapter, became completely free from all doubts and accepted Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He at once boldly declares, “You are Parambrahma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” And previously Kṛṣṇa states that He is the originator of everything and everyone. Every demigod and every human being is dependent on Him. Men and demigods, out of ignorance, think that they are absolute and indepen-