Bg. 11.15 · Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाच पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् । ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥ १५ ॥

Verse text

arjuna uvāca paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamalāsana-stham ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān

Synonyms

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said ; paśyāmi — I see ; devān — all the demigods ; tava — Your ; deva — O Lord ; dehe — in the body ; sarvān — all ; tathā — also ; bhūta — living entities ; viśeṣa-saṅghān — specifically assembled ; brahmāṇam — Lord Brahmā ; īśam — Lord Śiva ; kamala-āsana-stham — sitting on the lotus flower ; ṛṣīn — great sages ; ca — also ; sarvān — all ; uragān — serpents ; ca — also ; divyān — divine.

Translation

Arjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower, as well as Lord Śiva and all the sages and divine serpents.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

15. Arjuna said: In Your body I see all the devatās, as well as the mass of all the beings. I see Lord Brahmā, seated on a lotus, all the ṛṣis, and shining snakes.

Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

15. Arjuna said: In Your body I see all the devatās, as well as the mass of all the beings. I see Lord Brahma, Viṣṇu, who is situated within Brahmā sitting on his lotus, all the ṛṣis, and shining snakes.

Purport

Arjuna sees everything in the universe; therefore he sees Brahmā, who is the first creature in the universe, and the celestial serpent upon which the Garbhodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu lies in the lower regions of the universe. This snake bed is called Vāsuki. There are also other snakes known as Vāsuki. Arjuna can see from the Garbhodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu up to the topmost part of the universe on the lotus-flower planet where Brahmā, the first creature of the universe, resides. That means that from the beginning to the end, everything could be seen by Arjuna, who was sitting in one place on his chariot. This was possible by the grace of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

I see a multitude of viviparous animals (bhūtā-viśeṣa) and Brahmā situated on Mount Meru at the center of the lotus of the earth planet.

Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

What did he say? This is described in seven verses. I see a collection of creatures born from wombs (bhūta viśeṣa), as well as Brahmā with four heads, and Viṣṇu situated as antaryāmin within the lotus-seated Brahmā (kamalāsana stham), who is Garbhodakaśayi Viṣṇu (iśam). I see snakes such as Vāsuki (uragān).