अर्जुन उवाच | पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् | ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्
arjuna uvāca . paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān . brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanasthaṃ ṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān
Arjuna sprach: O Gott, ich sehe in Deinem Körper alle Götter und auch Scharen verschiedener Wesen; Brahma, den Herrscher, auf dem Lotussitz thronend, und alle himmlischen Rishis und Schlangen.
Arjuna said O God, I see in Your body all the gods as also hosts of (various) classes of beings; Brahma the ruler, sitting on a lotus seat, and all the heavely sages and serpents.
Arjuna beginnt hier, seine Vision der kosmischen Form zu beschreiben. Er sieht darin die gesamte Hierarchie der Schöpfung, von den höchsten Göttern wie Brahma bis zu den himmlischen Weisen (Rishis) und Schlangen, die alle im Körper des Herrn enthalten sind.
Arjuna describes his own experience of the Cosmic Form in this and the following verses? 15 to 31.Bhutaviseshasanghan Hosts of various classes of beings? both animate and inanimate. These numerous entities are in Thy Cosmic Form? like hairs on the human body.Brahma? the fourfaced? the Lord of all creatures? is seated in the centre of the earthlotus on the Meru which forms the thalamus as it were of the earthlotus.Sages? such as Vasishtha. Serpents? such as Vasuki.Moreover --