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Bhagavad Gita · 9.6 · Yoga through the King of Sciences·6 of 34

यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय

yathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go

mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānītyupadhāraya

Sanskrit recitation

A royal secret, simply held · 9.1–9.10 · Teaching

Translation

As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.

Meaning

The Lord gives a beautiful illustration or simile in this verse to explain what He has said in the previous two verses. Just as the wind ever rests in the ether (space) without any contact or attachment, so also all beings and objects rest in Brahman without any attachment or contact at all. These objects cannot produce any effect on It.What sort of relationship is there between Brahman and the objects of this universe Is it Samyoga, Samavaya or Tadatmya Sambandha The relationship of the stick with the drum is Samyaoga Sambandha. Let us assume that there is such a Sambandha (relationship or connection). There cannot be connection between all the parts because Brahman is infinite and the elements are finite. You may say that there is connection of the Ekadesa type. This is also not possible, because there can be such relationship only between objects which possess members or parts like the tree and monkey. (Ekadesa is partial). Brahman has no parts.If you say that there is Samavaya Sambandha between Brahman and the objects or the elements, this is also not possible. The relationship between the attribute and the possessors of that attribute is called Samavaya Sambandha. The relationship between an individual Brahmin and the whole Brahmin caste is also Samavaya Sambandha. The relationship between hand and man, between the leg and the man is also Samavaya Sambandha

After Swami Sivananda

A royal secret, simply held· 9.1–9.10

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
iti
thus
mahān
mighty
nityam
always
tathā
likewise
yathā
as
vāyuḥ
the wind
mat-sthāni
rest in me
upadhāraya
know
sarvatra-gaḥ
blowing everywhere
ākāśha-sthitaḥ
rests in the sky
sarvāṇi bhūtāni
all living beings

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