इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् ।मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
ihaikasthaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram |mama dehe guḍākeśa yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi ||
- इह · iha
- here
- एकस्थम् · ekastham
- gathered in one place
- जगत् · jagat
- the world
- कृत्स्नम् · kṛtsnam
- entire, whole
- सचराचरम् · sacarācaram
- with all moving and unmoving things
- मम देहे · mama dehe
- in my body
- गुडाकेश · guḍākeśa
- O Gudakesha (conqueror of sleep, Arjuna)
- द्रष्टुम् इच्छसि · draṣṭum icchasi
- you wish to see
“Here, in my body, behold today the whole world gathered into one — all that moves and all that stands — O Gudakesha, and whatever else you wish to see.”
— Original plain-language translation
This is the chapter's central claim in one line: unity holding multiplicity without erasing it. Krishna even includes the future — the battle's outcome, which Arjuna is anxious about — among the things he may now see.
— Reader's notes (original)