A metaphor · expansive in mood · a little context helps
“What moves everywhere still rests in the divine.”
As the great wind, moving everywhere, always rests in space, so all beings rest in Me.
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Hover a word to focus on it.
Read literallyjust as · स्थित in space · always · wind · moving everywhere · great · so · all · beings · resting in Me · thus · understand
All living beings exist within Krishna just as wind moves within space. The verse asks Arjuna to hold this vision of divine presence everywhere.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga" (The Royal Knowledge).
Verse 6 sits in Chapter 9 of the Bhagavad Gita — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga, "The Royal Knowledge". The chapter has 34 verses in total.
You sit alone after a hard conversation, replaying every word, feeling cut off from everyone. This verse reminds you that isolation is not the deepest reality; life is held inside something larger.
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It shifts the mind from scattered separation to a felt sense of shared belonging.
What this verse means
All living beings exist within Krishna just as wind moves within space. The verse asks Arjuna to hold this vision of divine presence everywhere.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen by grief and doubt. Krishna has already said that all beings are within his presence; now he gives a vivid image to make that truth feel real: every creature rests in him as wind rests in space.
Why this verse still matters
You sit alone after a hard conversation, replaying every word, feeling cut off from everyone. This verse reminds you that isolation is not the deepest reality; life is held inside something larger.
“You are not separate from the whole. Even movement and change happen within a larger presence.”
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