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Arjuna said I see all the gods, O God, in Thy body, and (also) hosts of various classes of beings, Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus, all the sages and the celestial serpents.

Arjuna said: In your body, O god, I see all the gods and the hosts of every kind of being: Brahma the lord seated on the lotus, all the sages and the divine serpents.

Arjuna now speaks, and the metre changes to a longer, more stately form that carries the hymn. He describes what he sees in Krishna's body: all the gods, every class of creature, Brahma the creator seated on his lotus, the seers, and the celestial serpents. The inclusion of Brahma, himself a creator god, is notable; even he is contained within this form. Each group named represents a level of the cosmos, from the divine heights to the serpent realms below. Arjuna begins as a witness, carefully naming what appears before him.