BG 11.7
Behold the universe living in me, with all its moving and immovable things. Behold whatever else you desire to see!
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि
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ihaika-sthaṁ — assembled here as one
The word eka-stham means "situated in one", where stham by itself means "situated". It is also used in BG 13.31 to refer to the perspective of seeing all living entities as one being.-
iha — here
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ika — one
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sthaṁ — situated
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jagat — the universe
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kṛitsnaṁ — entire
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paśhyādya — now behold
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paśhya — behold
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adya — now
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sa-charācharam — with the moving and stationary
sa—with; chara—the moving; acharam—the non-moving-
sa — with
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chara — the moving
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acharam — the non-moving
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mama — my
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dehe — in this form
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guḍākeśha — Arjuna
Common epithet for Arjuna. -
yach — whatever
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chānyad — else as well
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cha — also
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anyad — else
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draṣhṭum — to see
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ichchhasi — you wish
Krishna replied: Behold, Arjuna! My celestial forms, by the hundreds and thousands, of all shapes and colors. Behold the powers of nature, the sun, the heavens, the moon and the stars, the forces of vitality and healing, and the powerful winds. Behold the wonders that have never been seen before. Behold the universe living in me, with all its moving and immovable things. Behold whatever else you desire to see! Since you cannot see me with mortal eyes, I give you divine sight, so you may behold my cosmic manifestation.
Similar verses
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This entire universe is pervaded by me in unmanifest form. All living beings are within me, yet I am not confined within them.
- Verse 9.4
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Behold the powers of nature, the sun, the heavens, the moon and the stars, the forces of vitality and healing, and the powerful winds. Behold the wonders that have never been seen before.
- Verse 11.6
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I see you without beginning, middle, or end, infinite in power, with innumerable arms, the sun and moon as your eyes, and the blazing fire as your mouth, flooding the entire universe with light.
- Verse 11.19
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I see your infinite arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes, expanding boundlessly. I see in you neither a beginning, nor a middle, nor an end.
- Verse 11.16
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Wherever life is seen in things, both moving and stationary, know that it is through this combination of the field and its knower.
- Verse 13.27