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Chapter 13
avibhaktam ca bhutesu vibhaktamiva ea sthitam
bhiitabhartr ca tajjneyam grasisnu prabhavisnu ca
He is undivided and yet He seems to be distributed over all beings. He who is the only object worth knowing is the creator, sustainer and the destroyer of all beings. 16
Comment:-
Avibhaktam ca bhutesu vibhaktamiva no sthitam:- Actually, there is one indivisible existence, (God) pervading m all diverse forms. Division, is a mere appearance. Just as space, though really one and indivisible, appears divided into innumerable forms; so God though really undivided, seems to be spread over beings. In the twenty-seventh verse of this chapter also, the Lord declares, "A seer beholds the Supreme Lord, abiding equally in all perishable beings." Similarly, in the twentieth verse of the eighteenth chapter also, while describing Sattvika knowledge, He declares, "The knowledge by which the one Imperishable Being, is seen in all existences is Sattvika."
Bhutabhartr no tajjneyam grasisnu prabhavisnu ca:- The Almighty God, Who should be known (1312) and Who is worth knowing (13/12) has been described as the sustainer (Lord Visnu), the destroyer (Lord Siva) and creator (Lord Brahma). The same Lord, as Brahma with the predominance of 'rajoguna' (activity) creates the universe, as Visnu with the predominance of 'sattvaguna' sustains it and as Siva with the predominance of 'tamoguna' destroys it, yet He remains untainted by these guns (modes) having full control over them.
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