Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, verse 7
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
Say itihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ paśhyādya sa-charācharam
mama dehe guḍākeśha yach chānyad draṣhṭum ichchhasi
Translation
Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.
Swami Sivananda
See now, O Gudakesa, the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated in the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Behold here, O Arjuna, the entire universe with its mobile and immobile things, all centered in My body, and whatever else you desire to see.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Now, behold the entire universe, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatsoever else you desire to see—all established in Me, O Gudakesa (Arjuna)!
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Here, living in Me, O Arjuna, behold the entire universe, both movable and immovable, and anything else you would like to see!
Shri Purohit Swami
हे नींदको जीतनेवाले अर्जुन! मेरे इस शरीरके एक देशमें चराचरसहित सम्पूर्ण जगत् को अभी देख ले। इसके सिवाय तू और भी जो कुछ देखना चाहता है, वह भी देख ले।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे गुडाकेश ! आज (अब) इस मेरे शरीर में एक स्थान पर स्थित हुए चराचर सहित सम्पूर्ण जगत् को देखो तथा और भी जो कुछ तुम देखना चाहते हो, उसे भी देखो।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.