Shloka 13
Puruṣottama-yoga
The Discipline of the Supreme Person) — Chapter 15 (Bhagavadgītā
तत्रैकस्थं जगत् कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकथा । अपश्यद् देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा
tatraikasthaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktam anekadhā | apaśyad devadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavas tadā ||
संजय बोले—उस समय पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुन ने देवों के देव श्रीकृष्ण के शरीर में समस्त जगत को एक ही स्थान पर स्थित देखा, जो अनेक प्रकार से विभक्त होकर भिन्न-भिन्न रूपों में प्रकट हो रहा था।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the unity of reality: the whole universe, though experienced as diverse and divided, is contained within the supreme divine being. Ethically, it frames the coming violence of war within a larger dharmic and cosmic order, urging humility and surrender to a truth beyond limited human perception.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Arjuna, during Krishna’s revelation of the universal form, sees the entire cosmos within Krishna’s body—one yet manifold—confirming Krishna’s supreme, all-encompassing nature.