तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा ।अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥
tatraikasthaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktam anekadhā |apaśyad devadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavas tadā ||
- तत्र · tatra
- there
- एकस्थम् · ekastham
- gathered in one
- जगत् कृत्स्नम् · jagat kṛtsnam
- the whole world
- प्रविभक्तम् · pravibhaktam
- spread out in divisions
- अनेकधा · anekadhā
- in many ways
- अपश्यत् · apaśyat
- beheld
- देवदेवस्य शरीरे · devadevasya śarīre
- in the body of the God of gods
- पाण्डवः · pāṇḍavaḥ
- the son of Pandu (Arjuna)
“There, in the body of the God of gods, the son of Pandu beheld the whole world gathered into one, yet spread out in all its manifold divisions.”
— Original plain-language translation
The paradox is the point: oneness that does not dissolve difference. Arjuna sees unity and multiplicity at once — the fulfillment of Krishna's promise in verse 7, now confirmed by Sanjaya as witness.
— Reader's notes (original)