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Divine Contains In Himself All Kinds Of Deities And Other Kinds Of Beings

अर्जुन उवाच |

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् |
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ-
मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् || 11.15||

arjuna uvācha
paśhyāmi devāns tava deva dehe
sarvāns tathā bhūta-viśheṣha-saṅghān
brahmāṇam īśhaṁ kamalāsana-stham
ṛiṣhīnśh cha sarvān uragānśh cha divyān|| 11.15||

Shloka Translation
BG – Ch. 11- Ver. 15:

I see deities and specific sorts of beings in your body, O Lord. All the sages and celestial serpents, as well as Brahma, the Lord, seated on a lotus.

Explanation

Arjun exclaimed that he was seeing a multitude of beings from all three worlds, including gods from the celestial abodes. Lord Brahma, who sits at the lotus whorl of the universe, is referred to as kamalsanasatham. Within the cosmic shape, Lord Shiva, sages like Vishwamitra, and serpents like Vasuki were all visible.

Arjuna could watch everything from the beginning to the finale while sitting in the same spot on his chariot. This was made possible by the Supreme Lord’s mercy, Krishna.

Verse & what we can learn

Arjuna breaks his silence now and talks quickly to narrate what he sees in front of him. Lord Brahma, who is seated on a lotus, as well as celestial sages and divine serpents, are among the deities and other beings that Arjuna claims to see.

Sapta-rishis such as Vashishtha are among the sages, while Vasuki is among the serpents. When Ishvara described his divine manifestations in the previous chapter, we came across these and other entities. Arjuna, on the other hand, does not observe all of these things in different places. They’re all seated on Ishvara’s cosmic shape, he notices.

Sages reside on Earth, deities reside on a higher plane, and serpents reside on yet another realm. Arjuna knows that he is witnessing realms that are beyond the earth’s and human vision’s reach. He also saw Lord Brahma, who arose from Lord Vishnu’s navel and created all the worlds, according to the Srimad Bhagavatam.

As a result, Arjuna saw the creator and his creation in his cosmic form. More importantly, he discovered that Ishvara existed outside of the creating process.

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In the next shloka Arjuna begins to describe the cosmic form of Ishvara.

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