13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.17

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

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम्
भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च

  • avibhaktaṁ — indivisible

  • cha — and

  • bhūteṣhu — amongst living beings

  • vibhaktam — divided

  • iva — apparently

  • cha — and

  • sthitam — situated

  • bhūta-bhartṛi — the sustainer of all beings

    • bhūta

    • bhartṛi

  • cha — and

  • taj — that

  • jñeyaṁ — to be known

  • grasiṣhṇu — the annihilator

  • prabhaviṣhṇu — the creator

  • cha — and

...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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 17