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Bhagavad Gita 9.6 meaningThe open secret

In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it

“Like the wind moves inside the sky, everything moves inside me.”

What it means

“Just as the mighty wind blowing everywhere always rests in space, all beings rest in me.”

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The original Sanskrit

यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥

yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya

Translations

Literal translation

Understand thus that just as the voluminous wind moving everywhere is ever present in space, similarly all beings abide in Me.

Swami Gambhirananda

हिंदी अनुवाद

जैसे सर्वत्र विचरण करने वाली महान् वायु सदा आकाश में स्थित रहती हैं, वैसे ही सम्पूर्ण भूत मुझमें स्थित हैं, ऐसा तुम जानो।

Swami Tejomayananda

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