Chapter 18 · Verse 61

Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया

īśhvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛid-deśhe ‘rjuna tiṣhṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

Word Meanings

īśhvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord; sarva-bhūtānām — in all living being; hṛit-deśhe — in the hearts; arjuna — Arjun; tiṣhṭhati — dwells; bhrāmayan — causing to wander; sarva-bhūtāni — all living beings; yantra ārūḍhani — seated on a machine; māyayā — made of the material energy

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Translation

The Supreme Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, spinning all creatures round and round—as though mounted on a machine—by the power of His maya.

Commentary

ईश्वरः the Lord? सर्वभूतानाम् of all beings? हृद्देशे in the hearts? अर्जुन O Arjuna? तिष्ठति dwells? भ्रामयन् causing to revolve? सर्वभूतानि all beings? यन्त्रारूढानि mounted on a machine? मायया by illusion.Commentary Isvara The Lord the Ruler of the universe Narayana.The Lord abides in the hearts of all beings. It is He Who has given a gift of this marvellous machine to you. It is by His power that all bodies move. The Lord is the real Actor within.By Maya By causing illusion.He causes all beings to revolve like wooden dolls mounted on a machine. (Cf.X.20.XIII.18)