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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 13 / Verse 17
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Bhagavad Gita 13.17

Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् | भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च

Transliteration

avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam . bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca

English

And the Knowable, though undivided, appears to be existing as divided in all beings, and It is the sustainer of all beings as also the devourer and originator.

हिन्दी

और वह अविभक्त है, तथापि वह भूतों में विभक्त के समान स्थित है। वह ज्ञेय ब्रह्म भूतमात्र का भर्ता, संहारकर्ता और उत्पत्ति कर्ता है।।

Explanation — English

Brahman must be regarded as That which supports? swallows up and also creates all beings? in the three forms of Brahma who creates the world of names anf forms? Vishnu who preserves or sustains? and Rudra who destroys. It is undivided in the various bodies. It is like ether. It is allpervding like space (Akasa). It is indivisible and the One? but It seems to divide Itself in forms and appears as all the separate existing things and beings. It is essentially unbroken. Yet? It is? as it were? divided among all beings.It devours this world during the cosmic dissolution. It generates it at the time of the origin of the next age. It supports all beings during the period of sustenance of this world.Just as fire is hidden in the wood? so also Brahman is hidden in all bodies. Just as the one space appears to be different through the limiting adjuncts (pot? house? etc.) so also the one indivisible Brahman appears to be different through the limiting adjuncts (the body? etc.). (Cf.XVIII.20)An objector says The knowable Brahman? the Knower of the field? is allpervading. It exists everywhere and yet It is not perceived. Therefore It must be of the nature of darkness or Tamas.The answer is No. It cannot be.What? then It is the Light of Lights.

Explanation — हिन्दी

यद्यपि विद्युत् सर्वत्र विद्यमान है? तथापि प्रकाश के रूप में वह केवल बल्ब में ही प्रकट होती है। उसी प्रकार आत्मा सर्वगत होते हुए भी जहाँ उपाधियाँ हैं वहीं पर विशेष रूप से प्रकट होता है। एक ही व्यापक आकाश घट और मठ की उपाधियों से घटाकाश और मठाकाश के रूप में प्रतीत होता है।पूर्व के अध्यायों में भी अनेक स्थलों पर वर्णन किया जा चुका है कि किस प्रकार विश्वाधिष्ठान परमात्मा विश्व की उत्पत्ति? स्थिति और संहार का कर्ता है। यहाँ मिट्टी? स्वर्ण? समुद्र और जाग्रतअवस्था के मन के दृष्टान्त स्मरणीय हैं? जो क्रमश घट? आभूषण? तरंग और स्वप्न की उत्पत्ति? स्थिति और लय के कारण होते हैं।यह ज्ञेय वस्तु है। प्रस्तुत प्रकरण के श्लोकों में उस ज्ञेय वस्तु का निर्देशात्मक वर्णन किया गया है? जिसे आत्मरूप से जानने के लिए अमानित्वादि गुणों के पालन से अन्तकरण को सुपात्र बनाने का उपदेश दिया गया था।आत्मतत्त्व हमारे अन्तर्बाह्य सर्वत्र व्याप्त होते हुए भी यदि अनुभव का विषय नहीं बनता हो? तो वह अन्धकारस्वरूप होगा। ऐसी शंका प्राप्त होने पर कहते हैं कि ऐसा नहीं है? क्योंकि

Sanskrit
English
अविभक्तम्
undivided
च
and
भूतेषु
in beings
विभक्तम्
divided
इव
as if
च
and
स्थितम्
existing
भूतभर्तृ
the supporter of beings
च
and
तत्
That ज्ञेयम् to be known
ग्रसिष्णु
devouring
प्रभविष्णु
generating
च
and.
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13.1Swami Gambhirananda has not translated this sloka. Many editions of the Bhagavadgita do not contain this sloka, including the commentary by Sankaracharya. If this sloka is included, the total number of slokas in the Bhagavadgita is 701.13.2The Blessed Lord said O son of Kunti, this body is referred to as the 'field'. Those who are versed in this call him who is conscious of it as the 'knower of the field'.13.3And, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, under-stand Me to be the 'Knower of the field' in all the fields. In My opinion, that is Knowledge which is the knowlege of th field and the knower of the field.13.4Hear from Me in brief about (all) that as to what that field is and how it is; what its changes are, and from what cause arises what effect; and who He is, and what His powers are.13.5It has been sung of in various ways by the Rsis, separately by the different kinds [The different branches of Vedic texts.] of Vedic texts, and also by the rational and convicing sentences themselves which are indicatvie of and lead of Brahman.13.6The great elements, egoism, intellect and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;13.7Desire, repulsion, happiness, sorrow, the aggregate (of body and organs), sentience, fortitude- this field, together with its modifications, has been spoken of briefly.13.8Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, for-bearance, sincerity, service of the teacher, cleanliness, steadiness, control of body and organs;13.9Non-attachment with regard to objects of the senses, and also absence of egotism; seeing the evil in birth, death, old age, diseases and miseries;13.10Non-attachment and absence of fondness with regard to sons, wives, homes, etc., and constant eanimity of the mind with regard to the attainment of the desirable and the undesirable;