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BG 9.5

Bhagavad Gītā · Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् | भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः ||९-५||

na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram . bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||9-5||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
naLcaLmaGtsthāGniLbhūGGniLpaGśyaLmeGyoGgaLmaiGśvaLramL
bhūGtaLbhṛGnnaLcaLbhūGtaGsthoGmaLGtmāGbhūGtaLbhāGvaLnaḥG
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
मत्स्थानिभूतानिपश्यमेयोगम्ईश्वरम्भूतभृत्भूतस्थस्ममआत्माभुउत्अभौअनस्
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
22 words analyzed
  • nanominal · vocative singular neuter
  • canominal · vocative singular masculine
  • मत्matमथ्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • स्थानिsthāniस्थाnominal · nominative plural neuter
  • भूतानिbhūtāniभूnominal · nominative plural neuter
  • पश्यpaśyaदृश्verb · imperative second singular active (√dṛś)
  • मेmeमाnominal · locative singular neuter
  • योगम्yogamयुज्nominal · accusative singular masculine
  • anominal · vocative singular masculine
  • anominal · vocative singular masculine
  • ईश्वरम्īśvaramईश्वरnominal · accusative singular masculine
  • भूतभृत्bhūtabhṛtभूतभृत्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • nanominal · vocative singular neuter
  • canominal · vocative singular masculine
  • भूतस्थस्bhūtasthasभूतस्थnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • ममmamaमाverb · perfect second plural active (√mā)
  • आत्ātnominal · Panchami singular masculine
  • मामाnominal · vocative singular neuter
  • भुbhuभूnominal · vocative singular masculine
  • उत्utnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • अभौabhauअभिnominal · locative singular masculine
  • अनस्anasअन्nominal · nominative singular masculine
Recitationtool-derived · pending

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Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

9.5 Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold My divine Yoga, supporting all beings, but not dwelling in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

9.5. Yet, the beings do not exist in Me. Look at the Sovereign Yoga of Mine. My Self is the sustainer of the beings, does not exist in beings, and cuases beings to be born.

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

9.5 Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that though I, the Supreme Self, am the cause and upholder of all, yet I remain outside.

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

9.5 Na ca etc. Yet, the beings do not exist in Me : For, the persons, who are blind with nescience, do not see the reality. The ignorant do not consider the Absolute Lord - Who is of the nature of infinite Consciousness - as a basis of determinate knowledge of all objects. On the other hand conceiving [like] 'I, the lean Devadatta, know this, as existing here on the floor', they view [things of] finite nature aone as the basis [of determination]. But why this contradiction ? On this doubt [the Lord] says Look at the Sovereign Yoga of Mine. Yoga signifies the Power [of the Absolute], because it is being employed. This is indeed My Sovereignty, which is the Freedom of behaving in this manner in a highly strange way. This is the idea (here).

Sri RamanujaRelay

9.5 And yet 'beings do not abide in Me,' as I do not support them as a jug or any kind of vessel supports the water contained in them. How then are they contained? By My will. Behold My divine Yoga power, namely, My wonderful divine modes, unie to Me alone and having no comparison elsewhere. What are these modes? 'I am the upholder of all beings and yet I am not in them - My will sustains all beings.' The meaning is I am the supporter of all beings, and yet I derive no help for Myself whatever from them. My will alone projects, sustains and controls all beings. He gives an illustration to show how all beings depend on His will for their being and acts:

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

9.5 Na ca bhutani, nor do the beings, beginning from Brahma; matsthani, dwell in Me. Pasya, behold; me, My; aisvaram, divine; yogam, Yoga, action, performance, i.e. this real nature of Myself. The Upanisadic text, too, similarly shows the absence of association (of the Self) due to Its being free from contact: '৷৷.unattached, for It is never attached' (Br. 3.9.26). Behold this other wonder: I am the bhuta-bhrt, sustainer of beings, though I am unattached. Ca, but; mama atma, My Self; na bhutasthah, is not contained in the bengs. As it has been explained according to the logic stated above, there is no possibility of Its remaining contained in beings. How, again, is it said, 'It is My Self? Following human understanding, having separated the aggregate of body etc. (from the Self) and superimposing eoism of them, the Lord calls It 'My Self'. But not that He has said so by ignorantly thinking like ordinary mortals that the Self is different from Himself. So also, I am the bhuta-bhavanah, originator of beings, one who gives birth to or nourishes the beings. By way of establishing with the help of an illustration the subject-matter [Subject-matter-that the Self, which has no contact with anything, is the substratum of creation, continuance and dissolution.] dealt with in the aforesaid two verses, the Lord says:

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

9.5 And yet beings do not abide in Me. Behold My divine Yoga. I am the upholder of all beings and yet I am not in them. My will alone causes their existence.

Swami GambiranandaRelay

9.5 Nor do the beings dwell in Me. Behod My divine Yoga! I am the sustainer and originator of beings, but My Self is not contained in the beings.

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