Bhagavad-gītā 11.7
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इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्। मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ paśhyādya sa-charācharam mama dehe guḍākeśha yach chānyad draṣhṭum ichchhasi
Here, living in Me, O Arjuna, behold the entire universe, both movable and immovable, and anything else you would like to see!
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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Read across once, then cover the meanings and recover them from the Sanskrit forms.
| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| iha | here |
| eka-stham | assembled together |
| jagat | the universe |
| kṛitsnam | entire |
| paśhya | behold |
| adya | now |
| sa | with |
| chara | the moving |
| acharam | the non- moving |
| mama | my |
| dehe | in this form |
| guḍākeśha | Arjun, the conqueror of sleep |
| yat | whatever |
| cha | also |
| anyat | else |
| draṣhṭum | to see |
| ichchhasi | you wish |
Your success or defeat in the war, about which you,have entertained a doubt.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Sequence request, granted sight, description, response, revelation, fear, apology and return to the familiar form.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaSee now, O Gudakesa, the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated in the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaBehold here, O Arjuna, the entire universe with its mobile and immobile things, all centered in My body, and whatever else you desire to see.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaYour success or defeat in the war, about which you,have entertained a doubt.
These are concise, attributed reading witnesses from identified editions. They are presented for comparison and are not merged into one anonymous interpretation.
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- 1
Here, living in Me, O Arjuna, behold the entire universe, both movable and immovable
- 2
anything else you would like to see!
- 3
iha: here
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