Bhagavad Gita BG 9.6
Chapter 9, Verse 6 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥
yatha akasha-sthito nityam vayuh sarvatra-go mahan tatha sarvani bhutani mat-sthani ity upadharaya
Meaning
As the great wind, ever-moving everywhere, eternally dwells in space — so know that all beings dwell in Me.
Understanding
The great simile resolving the paradox: the mighty (mahan) wind (vayu), sarvatra-gah (moving everywhere), nityam (eternally) — akasha-sthita (dwells in space). The wind is in space (space is its container) — but space is not IN the wind. Space is unaffected by the wind, even as the wind moves through every part of it. Similarly: all beings (sarvani bhutani) mat-sthani — dwell in Me — but I am not confined to or affected by any being. The Absolute is like space; all creation is like the wind within it.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| आकाशस्थितः | akasha-sthitah | dwelling in space, existing in the ether |
| सर्वत्रगः | sarvatra-gah | moving everywhere, going in all directions |
| महान् | mahan | great, mighty, vast |
| उपधारय | upadharaya | know, understand, comprehend firmly |
| यथा | yathā | just as |
| आकाश-स्थितः | ākāśa-sthitaḥ | situated in space |
| नित्यम् | nityam | always, eternally |
| वायुः | vāyuḥ | the wind |
| सर्वत्र-गः | sarvatra-gaḥ | moving everywhere |
| महान् | mahān | great, mighty |
| तथा | tathā | so also |
| सर्वाणि | sarvāṇi | all |
| भूतानि | bhūtāni | beings |
| मत्-स्थानि | mat-sthāni | rest in Me |
| इति | iti | thus |
| उपधारय | upadhāraya | understand, know this |