Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Hail to Thee before and behind! Hail to Thee on every side! O All! Thou, infinite in power and infinite in daring, pervadest all, wherefore Thou art All.
BG 11.40
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ॥
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva| anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ ||
"Salutation from front, from behind, from every side — You pervade all, O Infinite-valorous; therefore You ARE all!"
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Salutation to Thee before and behind, salutation to Thee on every side, O All! Thou, infinite in power and infinite in prowess, pervadest all; wherefore Thou art All.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Cried here, above, below, uttered when Thou dost go, uttered where Thou dost come! Namo! we call; Namostu! God adored! Namostu! Nameless Lord! Hail to Thee! Praise to Thee! Thou One in all; For Thou art All! Yea, Thou!
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]Hail to thee from before and from behind! Hail to thee on all sides, O Everything! O thou of infinite valor and prowess! Thou pervadest all; hence thou art All.