Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 9.4

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थित:

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na chāhaṁ teṣhvavasthitaḥ

Recitation · Text 9.4
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form; all beings rest in Me, and I do not rest in them. The second half withdraws what the first half seems to grant — containment is not location.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Containment is not location — the second half withdraws what the first grants.