Bhagavad Gita 13.14 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“God’s hands, eyes and ears are everywhere.”
What it means
“Its hands and feet are everywhere, its eyes, heads and faces everywhere, its ears everywhere. It exists by pervading everything in the world.”
The original Sanskrit
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥
sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tatsarvato.akṣiśiromukham sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
Translations
Literal translation
That (Knowable), which has hands and feet everwhere, which has eyes, heads and mouths everywhere, which has ears everywhere, exists in creatures by pervading them all.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
वह सब ओर हाथ-पैर वाला है और सब ओर से नेत्र, शिर और मुखवाला तथा सब ओर से श्रोत्रवाला है; वह जगत् में सबको व्याप्त करके स्थित है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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