Arjuna justifies the universal homage being paid to Krishna. He asks a rhetorical question: And why should they not bow down and offer their respectful obeisances unto You (kasmāc ca te na nameran), O Great Soul (mahātman)? For You are greater and more venerable (garīyase) even than Brahma, the creator, because You are his original creator (brahmaṇo 'py ādi-kartre). O limitless one without end (ananta), O Lord of all demigods (deveśa), O refuge and resting place of the universe (jagan-nivāsa)! You are the imperishable, indestructible reality (tvam akṣaraṃ); You are both the manifest effect (sat) and the unmanifest cause (asat), and You are that which is supreme and transcendental to both (tat paraṃ yat).