The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

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Verse 2

प्रातर्भजामि मनसां वचसामगम्यंवाचो विभान्ति निखिला यदनुग्रहेण ।यन्नेतिनेति वचनैर्निगमा अवोचुःतं देवदेवमजमच्युतमाहुरग्र्यम् ॥ 2 ॥

In plain words

At dawn I turn to what no mind and no word can reach — and yet by whose grace every word there is has its light. What the Vedas could only come at by saying not this, not this: that is what they call the God of gods, unborn, unfailing, first of all.

Close to the Sanskrit

At dawn I resort to that which is unreachable by minds and by words, by whose grace all words shine forth; which the Vedas declared with the utterances "not this, not this" — him they call the God of gods, unborn, unfailing, foremost.