Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 11

Gita 15.11

यतन्तः, योगिनः, च, एनम्, पश्यन्ति, आत्मनि, अवस्थितम्,
यतन्तः, अपि, अकृतात्मानः, न, एनम्, पश्यन्ति, अचेतसः।।11।।

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Gita 15.11

YatantH, yoginH, ch, enam’, pashyanti, aatmni, avasthitam’,
YatantH, api, akritaatmaanH, na, enam’, pashyanti, achetasH ||11||

Translation: (YatantH) the striving (yoginH) yogis (aatmni) in their hearts (avasthitam’) situated (enam’) this God who lives inseparably with the soul just as the warmth of the sun constantly maintains its invisible effect (pashyanti) see (ch) and (akrtaatmaanH) those who have not purified their inner-self i.e. who do not perform acts of bhakti in accordance with the injunctions of the scriptures (achetasH) the ignorants (yatantH) while endeavouring (api) even (enam’) this (na, pashyanti) do not see. (11)

Translation: The striving yogis (devotees) see this God situated in their hearts who lives inseparably with the soul just as the warmth of sun constantly maintains its invisible effect, and the ignorants who have not purified their inner-self i.e. who do not perform acts of bhakti in accordance with the injunctions of the scriptures, even though endeavouring, do not see this.

Purport - Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 11

Important: From Verse 12 to 15, the narrator of holy Gita, Brahm i.e. Kshar Purush is explaining his position that I am the basis of all the living beings under me i.e. in my twenty-one brahmands. Whatever sources of light are there in these brahmands, know them as mine. I alone am Brahm, the narrator of Vedas. I only am the creator of the Vedas and Vedant. Only I know the four Vedas and in the four Vedas, there is description of my way of worship.

Please ponder – for instance, the upside-down tree of world. Its base (root) is Aadi Purush Parmeshwar (Primordial Supreme God) i.e. Purna Brahm, and trunk is Akshar Purush i.e. ParBrahm; a bigger branch is Kshar Purush i.e. Brahm (Kaal), the narrator of this Gita and Vedas. The three gunas (Rajgun-Brahma, Satgun-Vishnu and Tamgun-Shiv) are smaller branches and the other living beings are leaves; the tree receives its nourishment from the base (roots). Then that nourishment goes to the trunk, from trunk to the bigger branch and from bigger branch to the smaller branches that are dependent on that bigger branch. Likewise, from the smaller branches, the nourishment goes to the leaves, but in reality the nurturer of all and the Immortal Supreme God is someone else other than these two (Kshar Purush and Akshar Purush). He is Param Akshar Brahm, who is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 1 to 3 and is especially mentioned in the following Verses 16, 17 and in this very Gita Chapter 15 Verse 1 to 4. In this Gita Chapter 15 Verse 15, it is said that I am situated in the hearts of all the living beings. This Kaal is visible in MahaShiv form in the heart-lotus. In Gita Gita Chapter 13 Verse 17, it is said that, that Supreme God is situated in a special way in the heart of all the living beings, and this is also evident in Gita Chapter 18 Verse 61. In this way, that Brahm, Purna Parmatma (Complete God) and Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh are also seen in this body only. But all the gods situated at a distance are visible at different places in the body.

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