Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 419

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-13 Prakṛti-Puruṣa-vivek Yogaḥ

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sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṃ tat sarvato’ kṣiśiro-mukham |
sarvataḥ śṛutimalloke sarvam-āvṛtya tiṣṭhati || 14 ||

14. Everywhere are Its (Brahman's) hands and feet; Its eyes, heads and faces are everywhere; Its
ears are on all sides; and It exists enveloping all things.

Commentary

Everywhere are Its hands and feet — the ātman in its original immaculate state, is able to act and move everywhere, it perceives everything, knows everything and enjoys everything.

Sve. Up. 3 l9 states that the Supreme Brahman although devoid of physical hands and feet etc. is said to move everywhere and act everywhere. It is affirmed by Mun. Up., 3:1:13 that the individual Self (pratyagātman) too, in its original immaculate state also has the power of omnipresence, and omniscience etc, because it obtains equality with Brahman.

It exists enveloping all things: — the purport is that in its essential immaculate state the individual ātman is free from the limitation of space and time and thus reaches everywhere.

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