यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।

Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, is; there is prosperity, victory, happiness, and a firm policy; this is my conviction.

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Verse 9.5

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्। भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः।।9.5।।

na cha mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram bhūta-bhṛin na cha bhūta-stho mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ

Word Meanings

na—never; cha—and; mat-sthāni—abide in me; bhūtāni—all living beings; paśhya—behold; me—my; yogam aiśhwaram—divine energy; bhūta-bhṛit—the sustainer of all living beings; na—never; cha—yet; bhūta-sthaḥ—dwelling in; mama—my; ātmā—self; bhūta-bhāvanaḥ—the creator of all beings

Translation · English

Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold, My divine Yoga, which supports all beings, but does not dwell in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.

Deep Meaning · English

In this verse, Krishna reveals the profound mystery of the relationship between the Absolute and the manifested universe, challenging the dualistic perception of a localized God. He asserts that while He is the source, sustainer, and ultimate end of all existence, He remains transcendently apart from it. This paradox—that the creation rests within Him, yet He is not contained by it—points toward the Advaitic truth of Brahman, where the substrate (the screen) is unaffected by the projections (the images) appearing upon it. Krishna calls this 'My divine Yoga,' an expression of His sovereignty where His essence (Atma) remains untainted, unattached, and unchanging despite being the animating power behind the play of nature. By inviting Arjuna to 'behold' this, Krishna urges him to shift his vision from the objects of the world to the underlying Reality that allows them to exist. It is a lesson in detachment; as the Divine pervades all but is bound by none, the seeker is called to live in the world while realizing their true, non-localized, and liberated Self. The verse serves to dissolve the false notion that God is a distant ruler sitting in a heaven; instead, it presents the Lord as the very fabric of existence, yet ever-free, encouraging the devotee to find the Infinite within the finite without becoming ensnared by the external flux.

The Divine is the immutable ground of all existence, simultaneously manifesting as the universe while remaining eternally independent and untouched by the nature of His own creation.

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