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BG 11.7 — 11.7 Now behold, O Arjuna, in this, My body, the whole universe centred in one including the moving and the unmoving and whatever else thou desirest to s | Live Gita
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इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् |
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ||११-७||

ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram . mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyad draṣṭumicchasi ||11-7||


।।11.7।। हे गुडाकेश ! आज (अब) इस मेरे शरीर में एक स्थान पर स्थित हुए चराचर सहित सम्पूर्ण जगत् को देखो तथा और भी जो कुछ तुम देखना चाहते हो, उसे भी देखो।।

Word-by-word meanings

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)

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।11.7।।केवल इतना ही नहीं --, हे गुडाकेश अब तू मेरे इस शरीरमें एक ही स्थानमें स्थित चराचरसहित सारे जगत्को देख ले। तथा और भी जो कुछ जयपराजय आदि दृश्य जिसके लिये तू हम उनको जीतेंगे या वे हमको जीतेंगे इस प्रकार शङ्का करता था? वह सब या अन्य जो कुछ यदि देखना चाहता हो तो देख ले।

Swami Gambirananda

11.7 See now, O gudakesa, O Gudakesa (Arjuna), the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated at the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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