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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 15–17

Kṣetra-kṣetrajñavibhāga Yoga · śloka 15, 16, 17

13.15–17

śloka 15, 16, 17

sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam |

asaktaṃ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca ||13-15||

bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca |

sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat ||13-16||

avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam |

bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca ||13-17||

Translation

It is illumined by the functions of all the senses, yet (in reality) it is without any senses; it is unattached yet sustains all; it is without qualities yet experiences the qualities. (That Brahman) dwells within and without all beings; it is moving and unmoving. Being subtle, it is unknowable; it is far and yet exceedingly near. And it is undivided, yet it abides in beings as if divided. That knowable Brahman is the sustainer, destroyer and originator of all beings.

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