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Pervading

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on pervading. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 10 • Verse 16 →The Yoga of Divine Glories
Vaktum arhasy asheshena divya hy atma-vibhutayah, yabhir vibhutibhir lokan imams tvam vyapya tishthasi

Please tell me in detail of Your divine glories by which You pervade all these worlds and dwell within them. Arjuna requests a detailed account of the Lord's vibhutis — divine manifestations — to help the mind comprehend and meditate on the infinite through its finite expressions in the world.

  • •Asking for knowledge of divine manifestations is itself a devotional act
  • •Understanding the Lord through His vibhutis helps the mind connect with the infinite
  • •The Lord pervades and sustains the worlds through His divine glories
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Chapter 11 • Verse 38 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇas tvam asya vishvasya paraṁ nidhānam, vettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāma tvayā tataṁ vishvam ananta-rūpa

You are the first God, the ancient person. You are the supreme resting place of the universe. You are the knower and the known, the supreme abode. O infinite form, the universe is pervaded by You.

  • •God is both the knower and the object of all knowledge
  • •The entire universe rests in and is pervaded by God
  • •The ancient and the present are united in the divine
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