Omnipresence

Sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam bhajaty ekatvam asthitah, sarvatha vartamano 'pi sa yogi mayi vartate

The yogi who worships Me dwelling in all beings, established in unity — that yogi abides in Me regardless of how they live. One who sees the Divine in all beings and lives from that unitive vision is always dwelling in God, regardless of outer circumstances.

Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi shashi-suryayoh, pranavah sarva-vedesu shabdah khe paurusham nrishu

I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the sacred syllable Om in Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in humans.

Maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina, mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na chaham teshv avasthitah

I pervade this entire universe in My unmanifest form. All beings exist in Me, but I am not limited to them.

Na ca mat-sthani bhutani pashya me yogam aishvaram, bhuta-bhrn na ca bhuta-stho mamatma bhuta-bhavanah

And yet beings do not rest in Me — behold My divine mystery! My Self, which sustains all beings and brings them into existence, does not actually dwell in them. Just as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in space, so do all beings rest in Me.

Yathakasha-sthito nityam vayuh sarvatra-go mahan, tatha sarvani bhutani mat-sthanity upadharaya

Just as the mighty wind, moving everywhere, ever rests in the sky, so know that all beings rest in Me. The analogy of wind and sky illustrates how the Lord holds all existence within Himself without being touched or limited by that existence.

Aham atma gudakesha sarva-bhutashaya-sthitah, aham adish cha madhyam cha bhutanam anta eva cha

I am the self, O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings.

Yac capi sarva-bhutanam bijam tad aham arjuna, na tad asti vina yat syan maya bhutam characaram

I am the generating seed of all existences, O Arjuna. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me. The Lord declares Himself to be the very seed — the fundamental creative principle — without which nothing in creation, animate or inanimate, could exist or function.

Divya-malya-mbara-dharam divya-gandhanulepanam, sarvascharya-mayam devam anantam vishvato-mukham

Wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine fragrances, all-wonderful, resplendent, infinite, with faces on all sides.

Dyav a-prithivyor idam antaram hi vyaptam tvayaikena dishash ca sarvah, drishtvadbhutam rupam ugram tavedam loka-trayam pravyathitam mahatman

O mighty soul, You alone pervade the space between heaven and earth and all directions. Seeing Your wondrous and terrible form, all three worlds are trembling.

Namaḥ purastād atha pṛiṣhṭhatas te namo 'stu te sarvata eva sarva, ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣhi tato 'si sarvaḥ

Salutations to You from the front, from behind, and from all sides. O all, of infinite power and immeasurable might, You pervade everything and thus You are everything.

Sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato 'kṣi-śiro-mukham, sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

That Brahman has hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, and faces in every direction, and ears in all places; it exists pervading all things in the universe. The omnipresence of the Absolute is affirmed — it pervades all creation.

Yad aditya-gatam tejo jagad bhasayate 'khilam, yac candramasi yac cagnau tat tejo viddhi mamakam

The splendor of the sun that illuminates the entire universe, the light of the moon, and the radiance of fire — know all these to be My glory. Krishna reveals that all light in creation, whether solar, lunar, or fire, is a manifestation of His own divine effulgence, directing the seeker to see the divine in all luminosity.

Gam avishya ca bhutani dharayamy aham ojasa, pushnam caushadhih sarvah somo bhutva rasatmakah

Entering the earth, I sustain all beings with My energy. Becoming the moon, I nourish all plants with the juice of life. Krishna declares that He is the sustaining force within the earth and the moon — the very vitality that feeds plants and supports all living creatures — revealing the immanent divine presence in nature.

Aham vaishvanaro bhutva praninam deham ashritah, pranapana-samayuktah pacamy annam catur-vidham

I am the fire of digestion in every living body, and I am the air of life — outgoing and incoming — by which I digest the four kinds of food. Krishna reveals that even the biological process of digestion is sustained by His divine presence as the digestive fire within all beings, connecting the mundane act of eating to the sacred.

Ishvarah sarva-bhutanam hrid-deshe 'rjuna tishthati, bhramayan sarva-bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya

The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.