Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 14
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।
सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥
Say itsarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣhi-śhiro-mukham
sarvataḥ śhrutimal loke sarvam āvṛitya tiṣhṭhati
Translation
With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere, with ears everywhere, He exists in the worlds, enveloping all.
Swami Sivananda
That Knowable, which has hands and feet everywhere, which has eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere, which has ears everywhere, exists in creatures by pervading them all.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Its hands and feet are everywhere; Its eyes, heads, and mouths are everywhere; Its ears are on all sides; and It exists, encompassing all things.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
It has hands and feet of all, has eyes, heads, and faces of all, has ears of all in the world; It envelops all.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Everywhere are Its hands and feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think, and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds and envelops them all.
Shri Purohit Swami
वे (परमात्मा) सब जगह हाथों और पैरोंवाले, सब जगह नेत्रों, सिरों और मुखोंवाले तथा सब जगह कानोंवाले हैं। वे संसारमें सबको व्याप्त करके स्थित हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
वह सब ओर हाथ-पैर वाला है और सब ओर से नेत्र, शिर और मुखवाला तथा सब ओर से श्रोत्रवाला है; वह जगत् में सबको व्याप्त करके स्थित है।
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.