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इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्। मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।

ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ paśhyādya sa-charācharam mama dehe guḍākeśha yach chānyad draṣhṭum ichchhasi

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 7
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: behold in this body of mine the entire universe, whatever else you wish to see, all in one place, moving and unmoving, the vision now explicitly expands to include literally everything at once.

In life: there's a specific moment in confronting something enormous, a diagnosis, a loss, a truth about your own life, where you stop perceiving it in familiar pieces and suddenly grasp its totality all at once.

Teaching: when you're in the middle of confronting something genuinely enormous, recognize that shift from perceiving it in pieces to grasping its totality as a real, distinct moment, not something to rush past.

ihahere
eka-sthamassembled together
jagatthe universe
kṛitsnamentire
paśhyabehold
adyanow
sawith
charathe moving
acharamthe non- moving
mamamy
dehein this form
guḍākeśhaArjun, the conqueror of sleep
yatwhatever
chaalso
anyatelse
draṣhṭumto see
ichchhasiyou wish

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.7 इह in this? एकस्थम् centred in one? जगत् the universe? कृत्स्नम् whole? पश्य behold? अद्य now? सचराचरम् with the moving and the unmoving? मम My? देहे in body? गुडाकेश O Gudakesa? यत् whatever? च and? अन्यत् other? द्रष्टुम् to see? इच्छसि (thou) desirest.Commentary Anyat Other whatever else. Your success or defeat in the war? about which you,have entertained a doubt. (Cf.II.6)