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Bhagavad-gītā 11.7

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् । मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्च‍ान्यद्‍द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥ ७ ॥
ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛtsnaṁ
[ihaika-stham jagat kritsnam]
paśyādya sa-carācaram
[pashyaadya sa-charaacharam]
mama dehe guḍākeśa
[mama dehe gudaakesha]
yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi
[yach chaanyad drashtum ichchasi]
Word-for-word
iha — in this eka - stham — in one place jagat — the universe kṛtsnam — completely paśya — see adya — immediately sa — with cara — the moving acaram — and not moving mama — My dehe — in this body guḍākeśa — O Arjuna yat — that which ca — also anyat — other draṣṭum — to see icchasi — you wish .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛtsnaṁ
iha
in this
eka - stham
in one place
jagat
the universe
kṛtsnam
completely
paśyādya sa-carācaram
paśya
see
adya
immediately
sa
with
cara
the moving
acaram
and not moving
mama dehe guḍākeśa
mama
My
dehe
in this body
guḍākeśa
O Arjuna
yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi
yat
that which
ca
also
anyat
other
draṣṭum
to see
icchasi
you wish .
Important Words
  • iha — here
    Locative adverb. Not somewhere else, not in some abstract sphere — here, in this body in front of you. The Gītā's vision is incarnational, not escapist.
  • eka - stham — in one place
    Compound: 'standing as one.' The whole universe is gathered into a single locus. This is the verse's most startling claim — totality without distribution.
  • jagat — the universe
    From jam, 'to move' — literally, 'the moving.' Yet Kṛṣṇa immediately adds sa-carācaram, including the unmoving. Even etymology is gathered up and exceeded.
  • kṛtsnam — complete
    Adjective meaning 'whole, without remainder.' Nothing is excluded — no continent, no being, no era. Kṛtsnam closes every loophole the mind might use to localise.
  • guḍākeśa — O conqueror of sleep
    Vocative for Arjuna. The conqueror of sleep is precisely the one who can stay awake through such a vision; Kṛṣṇa addresses him by the capacity he is about to exercise.
O Arjuna, whatever you wish to see, behold at once in this body of Mine! This universal form can show you whatever you now desire to see and whatever you may want to see in the future. Everything – moving and nonmoving – is here completely, in one place.
Classical Sanskrit analysis शास्त्रीय विश्लेषण
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Plain meaning (तात्पर्य · Tātparya)
Kṛṣṇa makes the offer unconditional: not only the universe with everything mobile and immobile, but anything Arjuna can want to see is already in this one body. The vocative 'conqueror of sleep' compliments the alertness needed for this vision.
Further notes (विवरण · Vivaraṇa)
'Eka-stham … kṛtsnam' compresses the entire vibhūti chapter into a single visual axiom: every distributed glory of ch. 10 is co-located in this body. 'Yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi' anticipates and forecloses any later 'but show me also…' — the viśvarūpa is exhaustive. Cf. Yaśodā seeing the universes in baby Kṛṣṇa's mouth (Bhāgavata 10.8).
Prose order (अन्वय · Anvaya)
हे गुडाकेश! अद्य इह मम देहे एक-स्थं कृत्स्नं स-चर-अचरं जगत्, यत् च अन्यत् द्रष्टुम् इच्छसि (तत् च) पश्य ।
he guḍākeśa! adya iha mama dehe eka-sthaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sa-cara-acaraṃ jagat, yat ca anyat draṣṭum icchasi (tat ca) paśya |
O Guḍākeśa, today behold here in My body, gathered in one place, the entire universe with all that moves and is still, and whatever else you wish to see.
Word split (पदच्छेद · Padaccheda)
इह एक-स्थं जगत् कृत्स्नं पश्य अद्य स-चर-अचरम् । मम देहे गुडाकेश यत् च अन्यत् द्रष्टुम् इच्छसि ॥
iha eka-sthaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ paśya adya sa-cara-acaram | mama dehe guḍākeśa yat ca anyat draṣṭum icchasi ||
Grammar (व्याकरण · Vyākaraṇa)
SanskritIASTGrammarMeaning
इह iha ind. (indeclinable), adv. of place here
एक-स्थम् eka-stham एक (adj.) + स्थ (adj.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)n., tatpuruṣa cpd. (compound) situated in one (place)
जगत् jagat जगत् (n.) acc.sg. (accusative singular) the world, universe
कृत्स्नम् kṛtsnam कृत्स्न (adj.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)n. entire
पश्य paśya √दृश् impv. 2sg.par. (parasmaipada / active voice) behold
अद्य adya ind. (indeclinable), adv. of time today, now
स-चर-अचरम् sa-cara-acaram स (ind. (indeclinable)) + चर (adj.) + अचर (adj.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)n., bahuvrīhi cpd. (compound) with the moving and the unmoving
मम mama अस्मद् (pron. (pronoun)) gen.sg. (genitive singular) My
देहे dehe देह (m.) loc.sg. (locative singular) in (My) body
गुडाकेश guḍākeśa गुडाका (f., 'sleep') + ईश (m.) voc.sg. (vocative singular), tatpuruṣa cpd. (compound) O conqueror of sleep
यत् yat rel. pron. (pronoun) acc.sg. (accusative singular)n. whatever
च ca ind. (indeclinable) and
अन्यत् anyat अन्य (adj.) acc.sg. (accusative singular)n. else
द्रष्टुम् draṣṭum √दृश् inf. (infinitive) to see
इच्छसि icchasi √इष् pres. (present) 2sg.par. (parasmaipada / active voice) you wish
Purport

No one can see the entire universe while sitting in one place. Even the most advanced scientist cannot see what is going on in other parts of the universe. But a devotee like Arjuna can see everything that exists in any part of the universe. Kṛṣṇa gives him the power to see anything he wants to see, past, present and future. Thus by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna is able to see everything.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
7. Now, in this place, see in one part of My body this whole universe with its moving and non-moving entities, O conqueror of sleep, and see whatever else you desire to see.
Commentary

On this occasion (iha), this universe, which is impossible for you to see completely even if you wander within it for millions of years, is situated in just one part of My body (eka-stham). See that universe and whatever else you desire to see, such as your victory or defeat (yac ca anyat), in My body, which is the shelter of the universe, being its cause.

Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Gauḍīya
Translation
7. Now, in this place, see in one part of My body this whole universe with its moving and non-moving entities, O conqueror of sleep, and see whatever else you desire to see.
Commentary

See now everything in this whole universe with its moving and non-moving entities situated within one place in My body, because it is impossible for you to see all these forms even by wandering through the universe for thousands of years. Therefore, at one time, in one place, see these by My mercy. See also whatever else you desire to see. See My form as the shelter of the universe, as the cause of the pradhāna and mahat tattva, and see your victory and others’ defeat, as well as other things.

Study Notes — Gauranga Priya Dāsa
Gauranga Priya Dāsa Study
Bhakti-śāstrī Notes, ISKCON Chowpatty (2009)
Theme

Krishna’s Description

COMMON THEME: Krishna responds by offering to show Arjuna, the opulences He described in Chapter 10

PLEASE NOTE: All points of the purports are included as the sub-points; as such there are no individual ‘Focus of

Learning’ sections for these verses.

Focus of Learning

(a) Qualification to see the Lord

Only by revelation by the mercy of the Lord – Therefore Arjuna requests and pleads and not orders
Not possible by “mental speculation” or “perception by material senses”
Because living entity as infinitesimal spiritual spark ,cannot know unlimited infinite
Arjuna admits his limitations as a living entity and acknowledges Krishna’s inestimable position
Lord is addressed as ‘Yogesvara’ –
To point out His inconceivable potencies by which the infinite can reveal to the finite
Krishna is not obliged to reveal Himself until one ‘fully surrenders’ in Krishna consciousness and engages in transcendental loving service

(a) Why Arjuna requests Krishna to show His Universal Form (4 points):

1. To establish Krishna’s divinity for all (11.1 purport)

2. To convince others, although he does not have any personal desire and is completely

satisfied to see Him in His personal form of Krishna (11.3 purport)

Lord is addressed as Purushottama – Implies that Lord as Supreme Personality of Godhead, knows the heart of Arjuna, that he has no personal desire to see

3. To avoid imposters - Wants to set a criteria for in the future there will be so many imposters

who will pose as incarnations of God (11.3 purport)

4. Arjuna, as a responsibility, wants to substantiate Krishna’s statement – so that in the future

people can understand that Krishna “not only theoretically or philosophically”, but ‘actually’

presented Himself as such to Arjuna – Arjuna fulfils his responsibility because he is the

beginning of the Parampara (11.8 purport)

KRISHNA’S DESCRIPTION OF HIS OWN UNIVERSAL FORM

Krishna shows variegated forms – “See My Opulences!, Hundreds and thousands of varied divine and multicoloured forms” (11.5)
Universal form is transcendental but temporary because it is subject to the temporary time of material nature (Is manifested and unmanifested like material nature) (11.5)
Not eternally situated in spiritual sky (11.5)
Universal Form is not possible to be seen by ordinary men – Krishna must give one the power to see it (11.5)
Wonderful forms with different manifestations of Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Asvini-kumaras and all other demigods
No-one has ever seen or heard of this before (11.6)
Even Arjuna, a personal friend and most advanced learned man, did not know all about Krishna (11.6)
Could see the entire universe (All moving and non-moving) sitting at one place (11.7*)
Even most advanced scientist cannot see other parts of universe, which a pure devotee could see so easily (11.7*)
Could see past, present and future, all what Arjuna wanted to see (11.7*)
Thus Arjuna will be shown the future destiny of all the relatives and warriors and thus will be motivated to just become an instrument (11.7*)
Needed divine vision – Cannot be seen with the present eyes (11.8*)
Pure devotees do not like to see Krishna in any form, other than His two-handed form
Therefore Arjuna is told not to change the mind, but change the eyes by Krishna’s grace (11.8*)
Classical Ācāryas
Śrī Śaṅkarācārya Classical
Translation
11.7 Pasya, see; adya, now; O Gudakesa, the krtsnam, entire; jagat, Universe; sa-cara-acaram, existing together with the moving and the non-moving; ekastham, concentrated at the same place; iha, here; mama dehe, in My body; ca, as also; yat anyat, whatever else-even those victory, defeat, etc. with regard to which you expressed doubt in, 'whether we shall win, or whether they shall coner us' (2.6); if icchasi, you would like; drastum, to see them.
Śrī Rāmānujācārya Classical
Translation
11.7 'Here', in this one body of Mine, and even there, gathered together in a single spot, behold the universe with all mobile and immobile entities. Whatever else you desire to see (i.e., Arjuna's chances of victory), behold that also in one part of this single body.
Śrī Abhinavagupta Classical
Translation
11.7 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
Swami Sivananda Classical
Translation
11.7 Now behold, O Arjuna, in this, My body, the whole universe centred in one including the moving and the unmoving and whatever else thou desirest to see.
Commentary

11.7 इह in this? एकस्थम् centred in one? जगत् the universe? कृत्स्नम् whole? पश्य behold? अद्य now? सचराचरम् with the moving and the unmoving? मम My? देहे in body? गुडाकेश O Gudakesa? यत् whatever? च and? अन्यत् other? द्रष्टुम् to see? इच्छसि (thou) desirest.Commentary Anyat Other whatever else. Your success or defeat in the war? about which you,have entertained a doubt. (Cf.II.6)

Swami Gambhīrānanda Classical
Translation
11.7 See now, O gudakesa, O Gudakesa (Arjuna), the entire Universe together with the moving and the non-moving, concentrated at the same place here in My body, as also whatever else you would like to see.
Shri Purohit Swami Classical
Translation
11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!
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Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Within My body, behold today the entire universe — the moving and the unmoving — at one place.
Practical Applications
  • Practice the contemplation: all of creation is within Kṛṣṇa.
  • Don't fragment the universe; recognize its integration in Him.
  • Use this seeing during ordinary perception.
Reflection Questions
  • When did I last sense the universe as integrated within Him?
  • What practice opens that sensing?
Analogy

A single window opens onto the entire sky — the window has not grown, the sky has not shrunk, but through that frame the whole heaven is given. Kṛṣṇa's body is that window: one place where the moving and the unmoving are simultaneously held.

Stories
Yaśodā Seeing the Universe in Kṛṣṇa's Mouth

Suspecting her child of eating clay, Yaśodā asked Him to open His mouth. Within that small aperture (SB 10.8) she saw the planets, mountains, oceans, the wind, fire, the moon, the stars — and herself standing in Vraja inside His mouth.

This is precisely what Kṛṣṇa offers Arjuna in 11.7: ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛtsnam — the entire jagat in one place. The mother received this vision in tenderness; the warrior is about to receive it in awe.

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