Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 11, Verse 7
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।
ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛtsnaṁ paśyādya sa-carācaram
mama dehe guḍākeśa yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi
also searched as "ihaikastham jagat kritsnam pashyadya sacharacharam"
Translation
Behold here, O Arjuna, the entire universe with its mobile and immobile things, all centered in My body, and whatever else you desire to see.
Vāṇi's rendering
See the whole universe, all that moves and does not, gathered here in one place — in my body.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| इहiha | here, in this very place |
| एकस्थम्eka-sthaṁ | gathered in one, standing together in a single place (joined with iha by sandhi) |
| जगत्jagat | the world, the whole moving universe |
| कृत्स्नम्kṛtsnaṁ | entire, without anything left out |
| पश्यpaśya | see, look |
| अद्यadya | now, today (joined to paśya by sandhi) |
| सचराचरम्sa-carācaram | together with all that moves and all that does not |
| ममmama | my |
| देहेdehe | in the body |
| गुडाकेशguḍākeśa | O Arjuna — the one who has mastered sleep |
| यत्yac | whatever (yat, softened before ca) |
| चca | and |
| अन्यत्anyad | else, other than this (joined to ca by sandhi) |
| द्रष्टुम्draṣṭum | to see |
| इच्छसिicchasi | you wish, you desire |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 7 mean?
Krishna tells Arjuna that the entire universe — everything that moves and everything that stays still — is gathered in one place, in his own body. And he adds that whatever else Arjuna wishes to see is there too. Nothing is being kept back. The whole of it is available in a single look.
What does ihaikastham jagat kritsnam pashyadya sacharacharam mean?
See here, now, the whole world standing gathered in one — with all that moves and all that does not. Iha means here, not elsewhere. Adya means now, not later. Krishna removes distance and delay from the offer in the first four words of the verse.
Why does Krishna say whatever else you desire to see?
Because Arjuna has a private question he has not spoken. He wants to know the outcome of the war, whether his side survives, whether this slaughter is worth it. Krishna does not make him ask. He simply includes it — your unspoken worry belongs inside the same vision as the stars.
Why is Arjuna called Gudakesha here?
Guḍākeśa means one who has conquered sleep. Krishna uses it at the moment he asks Arjuna to look. The name is the qualification: only someone awake can be shown this. Sleep is not just the eyes closing — it is looking at the world every day and never once seeing what holds it.
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Commentary
Notice the last clause. Krishna offers the whole universe — and then adds, and whatever else you want to see. He knows Arjuna is not asking about galaxies. Arjuna wants to know how the war ends, whether he wins, whether the killing was worth it. That private question is folded into the same offer, in the same body. Everything you have been looking for in a hundred directions is standing in one place. You do not have to travel to find it. Look at what is already in front of you, and see who is standing there.