Shloka 19
Viśvarūpa-darśana (The Vision of the Universal Form) — महायोगेश्वरस्य विश्वरूपदर्शनम्
तपाम्यहमहं वर्ष निगृल्नाम्युत्सूजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्न सदसच्चाहमर्जुन,मैं ही सूर्यरूपसे तपता हूँ, वर्षाका आकर्षण करता हूँ और उसे बरसाता हूँ*। हे अर्जुन! मैं ही अमृत” और मृत्यु& हूँ और सत्-असत् भी मैं ही हूँ?
tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca | amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna ||
I am the one who blazes as the sun; I draw up the rains and I release them. O Arjuna, I alone am immortality and death, and I am both being and non-being.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The divine is the single reality underlying all cosmic functions and all apparent opposites—heat and rain, life and death, being and non-being. Recognizing this unity supports equanimity and steadfast action in accordance with dharma.
In the Kurukṣetra setting, Krishna continues instructing Arjuna by revealing his all-pervading nature: he governs natural cycles (sun’s heat, the holding and releasing of rain) and transcends dualities (immortality/death, sat/asat), reframing Arjuna’s crisis within a larger spiritual vision.