अहो अहं नमो मह्यमेकोऽहं देहवानपि, क्वचिन्न गन्ता नागन्ता व्याप्य विश्वमवस्थितः। ॥12॥
aho ahaṁ namo mahyam-eko'haṁ dehavānapi, kvacinna gantā nāgantā vyāpya viśvam-avasthitaḥ. (12)
This verse expresses the idea that the speaker is extraordinary and divine, existing everywhere in the universe without moving or changing, even while having a physical form. It emphasizes the unity and presence of the self in all things.
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