यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् ।तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥
yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān | tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānīty upadhāraya ||
- यथा · yathā
- as
- आकाशस्थितः · ākāśasthitaḥ
- resting in space, ether
- नित्यम् · nityam
- always
- वायुः · vāyuḥ
- the wind
- सर्वत्रगः · sarvatragaḥ
- going everywhere
- महान् · mahān
- mighty
- तथा · tathā
- so
- सर्वाणि भूतानि · sarvāṇi bhūtāni
- all beings
- मत्स्थानि · matsthāni
- abiding in me
- उपधारय · upadhāraya
- understand, hold in mind
“As the mighty wind, going everywhere, always rests in space — so understand that all beings rest in me.”
— Original plain-language translation
An image makes the paradox graspable: wind moves freely everywhere yet never leaves space. Beings likewise live and move within Krishna without confining him. Analogy carries where definition cannot.
— Reader's notes (original)