अर्जुन उवाच ।पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् ।ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थमृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥
arjuna uvāca |paśyāmi devāṃs tava deva dehe sarvāṃs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān |brahmāṇam īśaṃ kamalāsana-stham ṛṣīṃś ca sarvān uragāṃś ca divyān ||
- पश्यामि · paśyāmi
- I see
- देवान् · devān
- the gods
- तव देहे · tava dehe
- in your body
- भूतविशेषसङ्घान् · bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān
- hosts of every kind of being
- ब्रह्माणम् · brahmāṇam
- Brahma
- ईशम् · īśam
- the Lord (Shiva)
- कमलासनस्थम् · kamalāsana-stham
- seated on the lotus seat
- ऋषीन् · ṛṣīn
- the seers
- उरगान् दिव्यान् · uragān divyān
- the shining serpents
“Arjuna said: I see all the gods in your body, O God, and hosts of every kind of being — Brahma seated on his lotus throne, the Lord Shiva, all the seers, and the shining serpents.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna's report begins at the top of the cosmos: creator, great Lord, seers, and serpent powers all lodged in one body. Even rival centers of worship appear inside Krishna — an image of inclusion that later devotion built upon.
— Reader's notes (original)