Bhagavad Gita 11.15 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“I see every god and every being inside you!”
What it means
Arjuna says: “I see all the gods in your body, God — every kind of being, the Creator on his lotus throne, all the sages and the celestial serpents.”
The original Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाच । पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् । ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥
arjuna uvāca paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanasthaṃ ṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān
Translations
Literal translation
Arjuna said: O God, I see in Your body all the gods as also hosts of (various) classes of beings; Brahma the ruler, sitting on a lotus seat, and all the heavely sages and serpents.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे देव! मैं आपके शरीर में समस्त देवों को तथा अनेक भूतविशेषों के समुदायों को और कमलासन पर स्थित सृष्टि के स्वामी ब्रह्माजी को, ऋषियों को और दिव्य सर्पों को देख रहा हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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