Behold My divine power: beings are not in Me, and yet I sustain all beings.
— Krishna
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Bhagavad Gita · 9.5
Hindi · हिन्दी
यह सब संसार मेरे निराकार स्वरूपसे व्याप्त है । सम्पूर्ण प्राणी मुझ में स्थित हैं परन्तु मैं उनमें स्थित नहीं हूँ तथा वे प्राणी भी मेरेमें स्थित नहीं हैं मेरे इस ईश्वरसम्बन्धी योगसामर्थ्य को देख सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको उत्पन्न करनेवाला और उनका धारण, भरणपोषण करनेवाला मेरा स्वरूप उन प्राणियोंमें स्थित नहीं है ॥
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Hover a word to focus on it.
चnotमत्स्थानिsituated in Meभूतानिbeingsपश्यbeholdमेMyयोगम्powerful unionऐश्वरम्divine, sovereignभूतभृत्sustainer of beingsनnotचand notभूतस्थःsituated in beingsममMyआत्माselfभूतभावनःthe source and nourisher of beings
Read literallynot · situated in Me · beings · behold · My · powerful union · divine, sovereign · sustainer of beings · not · and not · situated in beings · My · self · the source and nourisher of beings
Understanding the verse
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It shifts the mind from seeing presence as entanglement to seeing it as sustaining without being confined.
Krishna says that all beings are sustained by him, yet he is not contained within them. He asks Arjuna to see this divine power.
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On the battlefield
Context & commentary
On the Kurukshetra battlefield, Arjuna is still receiving Krishna’s teaching about how the supreme reality pervades the world. Krishna now sharpens the point: all beings depend on him, yet he remains untouched by them. This verse deepens the mystery of divine presence.
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In your life
Why this verse still matters
You keep a family together, answer every message, and hold everything in place — yet no one sees how untouched you remain beneath it all.
The takeaway
“You can be the source of everything without being trapped inside what you sustain.”
It shifts the mind from seeing presence as entanglement to seeing it as sustaining without being confined.
What this verse means
Krishna says that all beings are sustained by him, yet he is not contained within them. He asks Arjuna to see this divine power.
Context & commentary
On the Kurukshetra battlefield, Arjuna is still receiving Krishna’s teaching about how the supreme reality pervades the world. Krishna now sharpens the point: all beings depend on him, yet he remains untouched by them. This verse deepens the mystery of divine presence.
Why this verse still matters
You keep a family together, answer every message, and hold everything in place — yet no one sees how untouched you remain beneath it all.
“You can be the source of everything without being trapped inside what you sustain.”
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