Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.17
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.17 · 13 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
।।13.17।। --,अविभक्तं च प्रतिदेहं व्योमवत् तदेकम्। भूतेषु सर्वप्राणिषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितं देहेष्वेव विभाव्यमानत्वात्। भूतभर्तृ च भूतानि बिभर्तीति तत् ज्ञेयं भूतभर्तृ च स्थितिकाले। प्रलयकाले गृसिष्णु ग्रसनशीलम्। उत्पत्तिकाले प्रभविष्णु च प्रभवनशीलं यथा रज्जवादिः सर्पादेः मिथ्याकल्पितस्य।।किञ्च? सर्वत्र विद्यमानमपि सत् न उपलभ्यते चेत्? ज्ञेयं तमः तर्हि न। किं तर्हि --,
13.17 And further, tat, that; jneyam, Knowable; though avibhaktam, undivided, remaining the same in all beings like space; iva sthitam, appears to be existing; as vibhaktam, divided; bhutesu, in all beings, because It is perceived as existing in the bodies themselves. And just as a rope etc. are with regard to a snake etc. That are falsely imagined, similarly that Knowable is bhutabhartr, the sustainer of all beings, sinced It sustains all during the period of their existence; grasisnu, the devourer, at the time of dissolution; and prabhavisnu, the originator, at the time of creation. Further, it the Knowable is not perceived though existing everywhere, then It is darkness? Not! What then?