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9.4Krishna
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मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना ।मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥

mayā tatam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad avyaktamūrtinā | matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣv avasthitaḥ ||

ततम् · tatam
pervaded
इदम् सर्वम् जगत् · idam sarvam jagat
all this world
अव्यक्तमूर्तिना · avyaktamūrtinā
by my unmanifest form
मत्स्थानि · matsthāni
abiding in me
सर्वभूतानि · sarvabhūtāni
all beings
· na
not
न अहम् तेषु अवस्थितः · na aham teṣu avasthitaḥ
I do not abide in them

All this world is pervaded by me in my unmanifest form. All beings abide in me — and I do not abide in them.

Original plain-language translation

The great paradox of divine pervasion is stated: all rests in him, yet he is not contained by anything. Immanence and transcendence are asserted together. The next verse calls this his sovereign mystery.

Reader's notes (original)