Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 16
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च।
सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥
Say itbahir antaśh cha bhūtānām acharaṁ charam eva cha
sūkṣhmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ chāntike cha tat
Translation
It is within and without all beings, both the unmoving and the moving; It is subtle and unknowable, and It is near and far away.
Swami Sivananda
Existing both outside and inside all beings, moving and non-moving, It is incomprehensible due to Its subtlety. It is far away, yet near.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
It is within and without all beings; It is unmoving yet moving; It is so subtle that none can comprehend it; It is far away yet very near.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
It is without and within every being, unmoving yet moving; due to its subtle nature, it is incomprehensible; it exists far away yet is near.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived; far away yet ever near.
Shri Purohit Swami
वे परमात्मा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके बाहर-भीतर परिपूर्ण हैं और चर-अचर प्राणियोंके रूपमें भी वे ही हैं एवं दूर-से-दूर तथा नजदीक-से-नजदीक भी वे ही हैं। वे अत्यन्त सूक्ष्म होनेसे जाननेका विषय नहीं हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
(वह ब्रह्म) भूत मात्र के अन्तर्बाह्य स्थित है; वह चर है और अचर भी। सूक्ष्म होने से वह अविज्ञेय है; वह सुदूर और अत्यन्त समीपस्थ भी 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.