Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 16
Chapter 13
Verse 17 of 35
Verse 18
Verse 13.17
अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम्। भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥13.17॥
13.16 avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūtabhartṛ ca taj jñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

And undivided among beings, yet standing as if divided, It is to be known as the supporter of beings, absorbing them and causing them to arise.

Stoller MillerLiterary

The light of lights beyond darkness it is called; knowledge attained by knowledge, fixed in the heart of everyone.

ZaehnerJesuit

(16) Undivided in beings It abides, seeming divided: this is That which should be known,—[the one] who sustains, devours, and generates [all] beings.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

13.17 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.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

13.17 Undivided and yet remaining as if divided among beings, this self is to be known as the supporter of elements. It devours them and causes generation.

SivanandaVedanta

13.17 And undivided, yet It exists as if divided in beings; It is to be known as the supporter of being; It devours and It generates.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 16
Chapter 13
Verse 17 of 35
Verse 18