Omnipresence

The one God, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner Self of all beings, the overseer of all works, dwelling in all beings, the witness, the pure consciousness, alone and beyond the qualities.

एको देवः सर्वभूतेषु गूढः सर्वव्यापी सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा। कर्माध्यक्षः सर्वभूताधिवासः साक्षी चेता केवलो निर्गुणश्च ॥ ११॥

Brahman alone is this immortal—in front, Brahman; behind, Brahman; to the right and the left. Below and above it stretches. Brahman alone is all this universe, the highest.

ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमिदं वरिष्ठम् ॥ ११॥

The Lord dwells in the heart-region of all beings, Arjuna, causing all beings to revolve, as if mounted on a machine, by his power of maya.

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति | भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ||१८-६१||

Whoever sees the supreme Lord abiding equally in all beings, undying amid the dying — he truly sees.

समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् | विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ||१३-२८||

But what need have you to know all this in detail, Arjuna? With a single fragment of myself I stand supporting this entire universe.

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन | विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ||१०-४२||

I am the Self, Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of beings.

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः | अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ||१०-२०||

There is nothing higher than me, Arjuna. All this is strung upon me like pearls on a thread.

मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय | मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ||७-७||

For one who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I am never lost, and that person is never lost to me.

यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति | तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ||६-३०||

This is Brahman; this is Indra; this is Prajapati; these are all the gods; and these five great elements—earth, air, space, water, and light; and these beings, as it were, mingled with the small; the seeds of the one kind and the other—those born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, and by sprouting; horses, cattle, humans, elephants; whatever breathes here, moving or flying, and whatever is stationary. All this is guided by consciousness (prajnana), founded on consciousness. The world is guided by consciousness; consciousness is its foundation. Consciousness is Brahman.

एष ब्रह्मैष इन्द्र एष प्रजापतिरेते सर्वे देवा इमानि च पञ्चमहाभूतानि पृथिवी वायुराकाश आपो ज्योतींषीत्येतानीमानि च क्षुद्रमिश्राणीव । बीजानीतराणि चेतराणि चाण्डजानि च जारुजानि च स्वेदजानि चोद्भिज्जानि चाश्वा गावः पुरुषा हस्तिनो यत्किञ्चेदं प्राणि जङ्गमं च पतत्रि च यच्च स्थावरं सर्वं तत्प्रज्ञानेत्रं प्रज्ञाने प्रतिष्ठितं प्रज्ञानेत्रो लोकः प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म ॥ ३॥

Without hands and feet, he moves swiftly and grasps; he sees without eyes, he hears without ears. He knows what is to be known, but no one knows him; they call him the first, the great Person.

अपाणिपादो जवनो ग्रहीता पश्यत्यचक्षुः स श‍ृणोत्यकर्णः । स वेत्ति वेद्यं न च तस्यास्ति वेत्ता तमाहुरग्र्यं पुरुषं महान्तम् ॥ १९॥

The God who is in fire, who is in water, who has entered into the whole world, who is in the plants, who is in the trees — to that God, homage, homage.

यो देवो अग्नौ योऽप्सु यो विश्वं भुवनमाविवेश । य ओषधीषु यो वनस्पतिषु तस्मै देवाय नमो नमः ॥ १७॥

You are woman, you are man; you are the youth and also the maiden. You are the old man tottering with a staff; you are born with your face turned in every direction.

त्वं स्त्री त्वं पुमानसि त्वं कुमार उत वा कुमारी । त्वं जीर्णो दण्डेन वञ्चसि त्वं जातो भवसि विश्वतोमुखः ॥ ३॥

That alone is fire, that is the sun, that is the wind, and that is the moon. That alone is the bright seed, that is Brahman, that is the waters, that is Prajāpati.

तदेवाग्निस्तदादित्य- स्तद्वायुस्तदु चन्द्रमाः । तदेव शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म तदापस्तत् प्रजापतिः ॥ २॥

As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not tainted by the outward faults seen by the eye, so the one inner Self of all beings is not tainted by the world's sorrow, being outside it.

सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुः न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः ॥ ११॥

As one air, having entered the world, took a form to match each form, so the one inner Self of all beings takes a form to match each form, yet is also outside.

वायुर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ १०॥

As one fire, having entered the world, took a form to match each form, so the one inner Self of all beings takes a form to match each form, yet is also outside.

अग्निर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ ९॥

This is the lord of all; this is the knower of all; this is the inner controller; this is the source of all, the origin and dissolution of beings.

एष सर्वेश्वरः एष सर्वज्ञ एषोऽन्तर्याम्येष योनिः सर्वस्य प्रभवाप्ययौ हि भूतानाम् ॥ ६॥

But the supreme Person is another, called the highest Self, who, entering the three worlds, sustains them — the imperishable Lord.

उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युधाहृतः | यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ||१५-१७||