राम
V.1511.1411.16

Chapter 11 · Verse 15·Spoken by Arjuna

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्। ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्

paśhyāmi devāns tava deva dehe sarvāns tathā bhūta-viśheṣha-saṅghān brahmāṇam īśhaṁ kamalāsana-stham ṛiṣhīnśh cha sarvān uragānśh cha divyān

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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda

Audio from the Gītā Supersite, IIT Kanpur

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arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun saidpaśhyāmiI beholddevānall the godstavayourdevaLorddehewithin the bodysarvānalltathāas well asbhūta viśheṣha-saṅghānhosts of different beingsbrahmāṇamLord BrahmaīśhamShivkamala-āsana-sthamseated on the lotus flowerṛiṣhīnsageschaandsarvānalluragānserpentschaanddivyāndivine

Reading set · 5 translations · 3 commentaries

Translation · 5 voices

Arjuna said, "O God, I see in Your body all the gods, as well as hosts of various classes of beings; Brahma the ruler, sitting on a lotus seat, and all the heavenly sages and serpents.

Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara

Arjuna said, "O Lord, I behold in Your body all the gods, and all the diverse hosts of beings—Brahma, Siva, who is in Brahma, the seers, and the lustrous snakes."

Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja

Arjuna said, "O God! In Your body, I behold all gods and hosts of different kinds of beings—the Lord Brahma seated on the lotus-seat, and all the sages and glowing serpents."

Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva

Arjuna said, "O God, I see all the gods in Your body, as well as hosts of various classes of beings, Brahma the Lord seated on the lotus, all the sages, and the celestial serpents."

Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita

Arjuna said: O Almighty God! I see in You the powers of Nature, the various creatures of the world, the Progenitor on His lotus throne, the Sages, and the shining angels.

Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta

ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
Machine translation · draft

I see, I perceive, O God, in Your body all the gods, and likewise the hosts of the various kinds of being, the gatherings of beings moving and unmoving, of diverse particular shapes; and Brahmā, the four-faced, the lord, the ruler of creatures, seated on the lotus, that is, on the pericarp-seat of Meru in the midst of the earth-lotus; and the seers, all of them, Vasiṣṭha and the rest; and the serpents, Vāsuki and the rest, the divine ones that have their being in the heavens.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.

RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

Arjuna spoke. God, in your body I see all the gods, and all the troops of the particular kinds of creatures; likewise Brahma the four-faced, the lord of the egg; likewise Isha seated on the lotus seat, Isha abiding in Brahma who is seated on the lotus seat, abiding in his judgment; likewise all the seers, the divine seers foremost among them, and the serpents, Vasuki, Takshaka, and the rest, blazing.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.

MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.