Word
bhūtāni
Used in 21 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- all living beings (7)
- living beings (6)
- beings (2)
- created beings (1)
- living entities (1)
- people (1)
- creatures (1)
- to the ghosts (1)
Every verse
- 2.28अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत।avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārataBeings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their middle state, O Arjuna, and unmanifest again in their end. What is there to grieve about?Here: created beings
- 2.30देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārataThis indweller in the body of everyone is ever indestructible, O Arjuna; therefore, you should not grieve for any creature.Here: living entities
- 2.34अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāniPeople will also recount your everlasting dishonor; and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.Here: people
- 2.69या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।yā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamīThat which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.Here: creatures
- 3.14अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः।annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥFrom food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and sacrifice is born of action.Here: living beings
- 3.33सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān apiEven a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their nature; what can restraint do?Here: all living beings
- 4.35यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍavaKnowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt see all beings in thyself and also in me.Here: living beings
- 6.29सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि।sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni chātmaniWith the mind harmonized by Yoga, he sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the Self; he sees the same everywhere.Here: living beings
- 7.6एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhārayaKnow that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.Here: living beings
- 7.26वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni chārjunaI know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, the present, and the future; however, no one knows Me.Here: all living beings
- 7.27इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārataO Bharata, all beings are subject to delusion at birth due to the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Parantapa.Here: living beings
- 8.22पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।puruṣhaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tvananyayāThat highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone, within Whom all beings dwell and by Whom all this is pervaded.Here: beings
- 9.4मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtināAll of this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist within Me, but I do not dwell within them.Here: all living beings
- 9.5न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।na cha mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśhya me yogam aiśhwaramNor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold, My divine Yoga, which supports all beings, but does not dwell in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.Here: all living beings
- 9.6यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।yathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahānAs the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.Here: all living beings
- 9.7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikāmAll beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.Here: all living beings
- 9.25यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝīn yānti pitṛi-vratāḥThe worshippers of the gods go to them; the ancestor-worshippers go to the manes; the worshippers of the deities who preside over the elements go to them; but My…Here: to the ghosts
- 13.6महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva chaThe great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.Here: the (five) great elements
- 15.13गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasāPermeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.Here: living beings
- 15.16द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva chaTwo Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the Kutastha—the unchanging—is called the imperishable.Here: beings
- 18.61ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।īśhvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛid-deśhe ‘rjuna tiṣhṭhatiThe Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusory power, to revolve as if mounted on a machine.Here: all living beings