Verse 13.14
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् ।
सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥
Transliteration
sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tatsarvato'kṣiśiromukham |
sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads and mouths everywhere, with ears everywhere, He exists in the worlds enveloping all.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads and faces everywhere, with ears everywhere in the world, it stands enveloping all.
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
Having said what Brahman is not, Krishna now describes it in images of presence. It has hands and feet on every side, eyes, heads and faces everywhere, and ears throughout the world. It stands covering or pervading all. The language recalls a famous hymn of the Vedas and also the cosmic form of the eleventh chapter. Here the image is calm rather than terrifying. Every hand that acts, every eye that sees, every ear that hears is in some sense the activity of Brahman. Nothing in the world lies outside it.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08