Bhagavad Gita 11.7 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“See the whole universe inside my body.”
What it means
“See the whole universe — everything that moves and doesn't move — gathered in one place, in my body. And anything else you wish to see.”
The original Sanskrit
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् । मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyad draṣṭumicchasi
Translations
Literal translation
See now, O gudakesa, O Gudakesa (Arjuna), the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated at the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे गुडाकेश ! आज (अब) इस मेरे शरीर में एक स्थान पर स्थित हुए चराचर सहित सम्पूर्ण जगत् को देखो तथा और भी जो कुछ तुम देखना चाहते हो, उसे भी देखो।
Swami Tejomayananda
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