13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.16

It is within all beings, and it also surrounds them. It is motionless yet moving, too subtle to be perceived, in the distance yet ever closer.

बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च
सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्

  • bahir — outside

  • antaśh — inside

  • cha — also

  • bhūtānām — all living beings

  • acharaṁ — not moving

  • charam — moving

  • eva — indeed

  • cha — also

  • sūkṣhmatvāt — due to subtlety

  • tad — he

  • avijñeyaṁ — incomprehensible

  • dūra-sthaṁ — very far away

    • dūra

    • sthaṁ

  • chāntike — and very near

    • cha — and

    • antike — very near

  • cha — also

  • tat — he

...13.12

I shall now speak of that essential knowledge which grants immortality - the Supreme Brahman, the eternal spirit within me which has no beginning, said to be neither existent nor nonexistent.

[13]

It has hands, feet, eyes, heads, ears, and mouths everywhere. It exists in all creatures and envelops them all.

[14]

It illuminates the senses, yet has no senses of its own. It is bound to nothing, yet it sustains everything. It is devoid of the Gunas, yet it experiences them all.

[15]

It is within all beings, and it also surrounds them. It is motionless yet moving, too subtle to be perceived, in the distance yet ever closer.

[16]

Undivided, yet appearing scattered, this self is the sustenance, dissolution, and origination of beings.

[17]

It is the light of all lights, beyond the reach of darkness. It is wisdom, attained only through knowledge, which is present in the hearts of all.

[18]

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Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 16