Verse 9.6
यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् ।
तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥
Transliteration
yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān |
tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, rests always in the ether, even so, know thou that all beings rest in Me.
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As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in space, so understand that all beings rest in me.
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
To make the paradox easier to grasp, Krishna offers an image. The great wind moves everywhere, yet it always rests in space, ākāśa. Space holds the wind without being disturbed by it and without being bound to it. In the same way, all beings rest in Krishna. The image conveys both intimacy and freedom: beings exist within the divine, yet the divine is not affected by their movement. It is one of several natural images the Gita uses to describe the relation between God and the world.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08