Bhagavad Gita 11.15अर्जुन उवाच पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्।ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥

arjuna uvācha paśhyāmi devāns tava deva dehe sarvāns tathā

bhūta-viśheṣha-saṅghān brahmāṇam īśhaṁ kamalāsana-stham ṛiṣhīnśh cha sarvān uragānśh cha divyān

Sanskrit recitation

11.14 11.16

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The vision that undoes the ego · 11.9–11.34 · Scene

Translation

Arjuna said, "O God, I see all the gods in Your body, as well as hosts of various classes of beings, Brahma the Lord seated on the lotus, all the sages, and the celestial serpents."

Hindi translation

अर्जुन बोले -- हे देव ! मैं आपके शरीरमें सम्पूर्ण देवताओंको, प्राणियोंके विशेष-विशेष समुदायोंको कमलासनपर बैठे हुए ब्रह्माजीको, शङ्करजीको, सम्पूर्ण ऋषियोंको और सम्पूर्ण दिव्य सर्पोंको देख रहा हूँ।

Meaning

Arjuna describes his own experience of the Cosmic Form in this and the following verses, 15 to 31.Bhutaviseshasanghan Hosts of various classes of beings, both animate and inanimate. These numerous entities are in Thy Cosmic Form, like hairs on the human body.Brahma, the fourfaced, the Lord of all creatures, is seated in the centre of the earthlotus on the Meru which forms the thalamus as it were of the earthlotus.Sages, such as Vasishtha. Serpents, such as Vasuki.Moreover --

After Swami Sivananda

The vision that undoes the ego· 11.9–11.34→

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cha: and
dehe: within the body
deva: Lord
tava: your
devān: all the gods
tathā: as well as
divyān: divine
sarvān: all
uragān: serpents
īśham: Shiv
paśhyāmi: I behold
ṛiṣhīn: sages
brahmāṇam: Lord Brahma
arjunaḥ uvācha: Arjun said
kamala-āsana-stham: seated on the lotus flower
bhūta viśheṣha-saṅghān: hosts of different beings

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