अहं च तस्मै महतां महीयसे शीर्ष्णावनामं विदधेऽनुकम्पितः ॥२५॥
etÄvad uktvopararÄma tan mahad
bhūtaṠnabho-liṅgam aliṅgam īśvaram
ahaá¹ ca tasmai mahatÄá¹ mahÄ«yase
śīrṣṇÄvanÄmaá¹ vidadhe 'nukampitaḥ
Having spoken this, the Lord, whose words are the highest proof, whose words appeared in the sky, who was not visible to the eyes, and who was capable of bestowing mercy to the most fallen boy, the Lord stopped speaking. Receiving his mercy, I lowered my head to greatest of the great.
Mahad-bhutam is a name of the Lord in the neuter gender. The sruti says asya mahato bhutasya nihsvasitam etad yad rg-veda: the breathing of the Lord called Mahadbhuta is the Rg-veda. (Brhad-aranyaka upanisad) Since his breathing is the four Vedas, his words are the highest proof. Since he gave blessings even to me, the low born son of a maid servant, he is called the one Supreme Lord (isvaram—one who is capable). Since the lord left a trace in the ether in the form of his speaking to Narada, he is called (nabho-lingam). He is called alingam because he is not visible to the eyes.
