Bhagavad Gita 11.40

Chapter 11: The Universal Form
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Bhagavad Gita 11.40 is Chapter 11, Verse 40, in Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga (The Universal Form). Below are the Sanskrit text, a transliteration, a plain-English translation and an explanation.

Gita 11.40
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः।।

namaḥ purastād atha pṛṣṭhatas te namo 'stu te sarvata eva sarva ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato 'si sarvaḥ

"Salutations to You from in front and from behind! Salutations to You from all sides, O All! Infinite in power and boundless in might, You pervade everything, therefore You are everything."

What This Means:

Bowing from front, back, all sides, because Krishna is everywhere. Infinite power, boundless might, pervading everything, therefore Krishna IS everything.

Going Deeper:

The logic is clear: because You pervade all, You ARE all. Omnipresence implies identity with totality. The form Arjuna sees contains everything; therefore it IS everything.

How To Apply This:

What pervades everything IS everything. This is the basis for seeing the Divine in all. Not just present in things but identical with the totality of things.

Key Sanskrit Terms:

Purastāt= From in frontPṛṣṭhataḥ= From behindSamāpnoṣi= You pervade