Chapter XI · Śloka 15
Arjuna uvāca
अर्जुन उवाच
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् ।
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थम्
ऋषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् ।
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थम्
ऋषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥
arjuna uvāca
paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe
sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān ।
brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamala-āsana-stham
ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān ॥
paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe
sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān ।
brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamala-āsana-stham
ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān ॥
Arjuna said: O Lord, I behold within Your body all the gods and the multitudes of various beings — Brahmā seated on the lotus-throne, all the sages, and the divine serpents.
Arjuna's vision is hierarchical and all-inclusive: the creator Brahmā at the summit, ṛṣis as custodians of wisdom, divine serpents as primal cosmic forces — all simultaneously visible within the one form.