Gita 13.14
Kshetra Kshetragna Vibhaga Yoga
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् | सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ||१४||
sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato 'kṣi-śiro-mukham | sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ||14||
In essence: That Brahman has hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, and faces everywhere, ears everywhere—pervading and encompassing everything in the universe.
A conversation between a seeker and guide to help you feel this verse deeply
Sadhak-Guru Dialogue
Sadhak: "Guru ji, this sounds like Brahman has a cosmic body with infinite limbs. Is that literally true?"
Guru: "Not a body LIKE ours, infinitely extended. Rather, all bodies ARE its body. The hand of an ant, the wing of a bird, your hand writing this—these are not 'like' Brahman's hand; they ARE Brahman manifesting. The divine has no separate body because everything is its body."
Sadhak: "Then every action I do is Brahman acting through me?"
Guru: "Yes, but don't use this to escape responsibility! Brahman acts through you, but how you direct that action matters. A knife can heal or harm—same instrument, different use. The divine energy enables your action; your choices shape it."
Sadhak: "If Brahman is seeing through all eyes, does it see good and bad equally?"
Guru: "Brahman witnesses all equally—good, bad, beautiful, ugly. The screen shows all movies impartially. But this impartiality doesn't mean indifference; it means complete presence everywhere without preference or rejection."
Sadhak: "This reminds me of the Vishvarupa (cosmic form) Arjuna saw in Chapter 11."
Guru: "Precisely. That was the same truth shown dramatically. Here it's stated philosophically. The Vishvarupa was terrifying because infinite reality is overwhelming to the finite mind. But the same reality, understood gently, is comforting: nothing is outside the divine embrace."
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🌅 Daily Practice
Practice: 'The eyes reading this are windows through which the One sees. The hands that will act today are the divine's hands.' Begin the day recognizing Brahman in your own faculties.
When encountering others, see past the personality to the presence: 'Those eyes too are Brahman seeing. Those ears too are Brahman hearing.' This transforms mundane interactions into sacred recognition.
Expand the vision: 'Today Brahman saw through countless eyes, heard through countless ears, acted through countless hands—including mine. I participated in the cosmic dance.'