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तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा। अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा।।11.13।।

tatraika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ pravibhaktam anekadhā apaśhyad deva-devasya śharīre pāṇḍavas tadā

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 13
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the entire universe resting in one, with its myriad of divisions.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: there, Arjuna saw the whole universe, manifold, divided in many ways, all standing together in the body of the God of gods, the vision reaching its fullest, most totalizing point.

In life: there's a specific, recognizable peak moment within any overwhelming experience, the point where the scale is at its absolute most, before any retreat or processing begins.

Teaching: if you're currently at the peak, most overwhelming point of a difficult or vast experience, recognize that peaks like this don't last indefinitely, some kind of shift, retreat, or new equilibrium tends to follow.

tatrathere
eka-sthamestablished in one place
jagatthe universe
kṛitsnamentire
pravibhaktamdivided
anekadhāmany
apaśhyatcould see
deva-devasyaof the God of gods
śharīrein the body
pāṇḍavaḥArjun
tadāat that time

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.13 तत्र there? एकस्थम् resting in one? जगत् the universe? कृत्स्नम् the whole? प्रविभक्तम् divided? अनेकधा in many groups? अपश्यत् saw? देवदेवस्य of the God of gods? शरीरे in the body? पाण्डवः son of Pandu? तदा then.Commentary Tatra There -- in the Cosmic Form.Anekadha Many groups -- gods? manes? men and other species of beings.Arjuna beheld all forms as the forms of the Lord? all heads as His heads? all eyes as His eyes? all hands as His hands? all feet as His feet? every part of every body as the limb of the Lords divine form. Wherever he looked he beheld nothing but the Lord. He got mystic divine knowledge.Sanjaya has given a truly graphic description of the Cosmic Form. Yet? it would be futile to grasp it with the finite mind. It is a transcendental vision? beyond the reach of the mind and senses. It has to be realised in Samadhi.