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BG 9.6 — 9.6 As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, rests always in the ether, even so, know thou that all beings rest in Me. | Live Gita
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यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् |
तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ||९-६||

yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān . tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya ||9-6||


।।9.6।। जैसे सर्वत्र विचरण करने वाली महान् वायु सदा आकाश में स्थित रहती हैं, वैसे ही सम्पूर्ण भूत मुझमें स्थित हैं, ऐसा तुम जानो।।

Word-by-word meanings

9.6 यथा as? आकाशस्थितः rests in the Akasa? नित्यम् always? वायुः the air? सर्वत्रगः moving everywhere? महान् great? तथा so? सर्वाणि all? भूतानि beings? मत्स्थानि rest in Me? इति thus? उपधारय know.Commentary The Lord gives a beautiful illustration or simile in this verse to explain what He has said in the previous two verses. Just as the wind ever rests in the ether (space) without any contact or attachment? so also all beings and objects rest in Brahman without any attachment or contact at all.

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।9.6।।उपर्युक्त दो श्लोकोंद्वारा कहे हुए अर्थको दृष्टान्तसे सिद्ध करते हुए कहते हैं --, लोकमें जैसे ( यह प्रसिद्ध है ) सब जगह विचरनेवाला परमाणमें अति महान् वायु सदा आकाशमें ही स्थित है? वैसे ही आकाशके समान सर्वत्र परिपूर्ण मुझ परमात्मामें समस्त भूत निर्लिप्तभावसे स्थित हैं? ऐसा तू जान।

Swami Gambirananda

9.6 Understand thus that just as the voluminous wind moving everywhere is ever present in space, similarly all beings abide in Me.

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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