Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingनमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते
नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व।
अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं
सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः
namaḥ purastād atha pṛiṣhṭhatas te
namo ’stu te sarvata eva sarva
ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ
sarvaṁ samāpnoṣhi tato ’si sarvaḥ
Triṣṭubh (U u u I)
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaSalutations to You in the East and behind. Salutations to You on all sides indeed, O All! You possess infinite strength and infinite heroism. You pervade everything; thus You are all!
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
हे अनन्तसार्मथ्य वाले भगवन्! आपके लिए अग्रत: और पृष्ठत: नमस्कार है, हे सर्वात्मन्! आपको सब ओर से नमस्कार है। आप अमित विक्रमशाली हैं और आप सबको व्याप्त किये हुए हैं, इससे आप सर्वरूप हैं।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiनम# पुरस् तादथ पृष्ठ तस्ते
नमो ऽ स्तु ते सर्व त एव सर्व
अनन्त वीर्या मित विक्रमस् त्वम्
सर्वं समाप् नोषि ततोऽ सि सर्वः
॥ ४० ॥
Pāda meters: Upendravajrā, Upendravajrā, Upendravajrā, Indravajrā — I = Indravajrā, u = Upendravajrā, s = Śālinī pāda
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthanamaḥoffering salutations
purastātfrom the front
athaand
pṛiṣhṭhataḥthe rear
teto you
namaḥ astuI offer my salutations
teto you
sarvataḥfrom all sides
evaindeed
sarvaall
ananta-vīryainfinite power
amita-vikramaḥinfinite valor and might
tvamyou
sarvameverything
samāpnoṣhipervade
tataḥthus
asi(you) are
sarvaḥeverything
Meaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA11.40Why does Arjuna bow from the front, from behind, from every side at once?
Salutations to You in the East and behind. Salutations to You on all sides indeed, O All! You possess infinite strength and infinite heroism. You pervade everything; thus You are all!
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.