Verse 147

the primordial, the ancient

the supremely self-controlled

untouched by birth

the twenty-sixth principle, beyond Sāṃkhya's twenty-five

The 25 tattvas of Sāṃkhya culminate in Puruṣa; Kṛṣṇa transcends them as the 26th

giver of meaning and prosperity

whose conduct itself brings glory

without beginning or end

fond of noble stories