Bhagavad Gita 11.13 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
Arjuna sees the whole universe inside God, all as one.
What it means
“There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna saw the entire universe, in all its variety, united as one.”
The original Sanskrit
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा । अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥
tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā
Translations
Literal translation
At that time, Pandava saw there, in the body of the God of gods, the whole diversely differentiated Universe united in the one (Cosmic form).
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुन ने उस समय अनेक प्रकार से विभक्त हुए सम्पूर्ण जगत् को देवों के देव श्रीकृष्ण के शरीर में एक स्थान पर स्थित देखा।
Swami Tejomayananda
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