मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना ।मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥
mayā tatam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad avyaktamūrtinā | matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣv avasthitaḥ ||
- मया · mayā
- by me
- 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
- न · 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)