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Bhagavad-gītā 11.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- अर्जुन उवाच
- पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
- सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् ।
- ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ-
- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥१५॥
- arjuna uvāca
- paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe
- sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān
- brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamalāsana-stham
- ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān
arjunaḥArjuna said uvācaArjuna said — Arjuna said; paśyāmiI see — I see; devānall the demigods — all the demigods; tavaYour — Your; devaO Lord — O Lord; dehein the body — in the body; sarvānall — all; tathāalso — also; bhūtaliving entities — living entities; viśeṣaspecifically assembled-saṅghānspecifically assembled — specifically assembled; brahmāṇamLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; īśamLord Śiva — Lord Śiva; kamalasitting on the lotus flower-āsanasitting on the lotus flower-sthamsitting on the lotus flower — sitting on the lotus flower; ṛṣīngreat sages — great sages; caalso — also; sarvānall — all; uragānserpents — serpents; caalso — also; divyāndivine — divine.
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.
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 Garbhodakaśāyī 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 Garbhodakaśāyī 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.