Bhagavad Gita 13.16 Meaning: Avibhaktam cha bhuteshu

Bhagavad Gita 13.16

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥

Avibhaktam cha bhuteshu vibhaktamiva cha sthitamBhutabhartri cha tajjneyam grasishnu prabhavishnu cha

avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam |bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Krishna says it is undivided, yet it seems to stand divided among beings. It is to be known as the one who sustains beings, who takes them back into itself and who brings them forth.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि वह अविभाजित है, फिर भी प्राणियों में बँटा हुआ-सा दिखता है। उसे प्राणियों का भरण करने वाला, उन्हें अपने में लीन करने वाला और उन्हें उत्पन्न करने वाला जानना चाहिए।

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अविभक्तम् avibhaktam · undivided (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-vibhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 109, col. 2 “undivided”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
भूतेषु bhūteṣu · among beings (noun (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being”
विभक्तम् vibhaktam · divided (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-bhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 977, col. 2 “divided, distributed among”
इव iva · as if (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3 “like, in the same manner as”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
स्थितम् sthitam · standing (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
भूतभर्तृ bhūtabhartṛ · sustainer of beings (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being”; bhartṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 1 “a preserver, protector, maintainer, chief, lord, master”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
ज्ञेयम् jñeyam · what is to be known (gerundive (to be done) (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: jñeya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 2 “to be known”
ग्रसिष्णु grasiṣṇu · who takes them back (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: grasiṣṇu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 371, col. 2 “accustomed to swallow or absorb”
प्रभविष्णु prabhaviṣṇu · who brings them forth (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-bhaviṣṇu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 2; pra-bhavitṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 2 “powerful, potent”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”

Everything being really one. Cf. inter alia, p. 124 infra. The various manifestations of the Brahman are really one in essence, though apparently different, like foam and water. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 13.16: meaning and translation

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