Verse 11.13
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा ।
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥
Transliteration
tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā |
apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the whole universe resting in one, with its many groups.
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There, in the body of the god of gods, the son of Pandu then saw the whole universe gathered in one place, divided in many ways.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Sanjaya reports what Arjuna saw: the entire universe, with all its many divisions, standing as one within the body of the god of gods. The verse holds unity and multiplicity together. The world is not dissolved into a blank oneness; its parts remain distinct, yet all are contained in a single form. This fulfils what Krishna promised earlier in the chapter when he told Arjuna to see the whole world gathered in his body. The calm, almost formal tone of the narration contrasts with the overwhelming nature of what is described, and with Arjuna's reaction in the next verse.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08