Bhagavad Gita 11.7 Meaning: Ihaikastham jagatkritsnam

Bhagavad Gita 11.7

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् ।मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥

Ihaikastham jagatkritsnam pashyadya sacharacharamMama dehe gudakesha yachchanyaddrashtumichchhasi

ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram |mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchasi ||

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Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna (Guḍākeśa) to see here and now, in Krishna's body, the whole universe, moving and unmoving, standing as one, and whatever else Arjuna wishes to see.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन (गुडाकेश) से कहते हैं कि वे आज यहीं कृष्ण के शरीर में एक जगह स्थित पूरे जगत को देखें, चर और अचर सब कुछ, और जो कुछ भी वे देखना चाहें।

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इह iha · here (indeclinable) Dictionary: iha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 3 “in this place, here”
एकस्थम् ekastham · standing in one place (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: eka-stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 229, col. 3 “standing together, remaining in the same place, conjoined, combined, assembled”
जगत् jagat · the universe (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”
कृत्स्नम् kṛtsnam · whole (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: kṛtsna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 304, col. 3 “all, whole, entire”
पश्य paśya · see (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
अद्य adya · today, now (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. a-dya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 19, col. 1 “to-day; now-a-days; now”
सचराचरम् sacarācaram · with all that moves and does not move (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sa-carācara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1130, col. 3 “comprehending everything moving and motionless”
मम mama · "my" (Krishna's) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
देहे dehe · in the body (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: deha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 496, col. 3 “the body”
गुडाकेश guḍākeśa · O Gudakesha (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: guḍā-keśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 356, col. 3 “‘thick-haired,’ the hero Arjuna”
यत् yat · whatever (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अन्यत् anyat · else, other (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
द्रष्टुम् draṣṭum · to see (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
इच्छसि icchasi · you wish (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 3. iṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 1 “to endeavour to obtain, strive, seek for”

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