brahma-the personified Vedas; uvaca-said; namah-respectful obeisances; te-unto You; srita-sattvaya-the shelter of the quality of goodness; dharma-adinam-of all religion, austerity and penance; ca-and; sutaye-the source; nirgunaya-transcendental to material qualities; ca-and; yat-of whom (of the Supreme Lord); kastham-the situation; na-not; aham-I; veda-know; apare-others; api-certainly; ca-and.