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Bhagavad Gita 9.5 · Krishna

Behold My mystery

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न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।

भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः॥

na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvarambhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ

Yet beings do not rest in Me. See My divine mystery. I sustain all beings, yet do not dwell in them.

What it means

Krishna deepens the paradox. Having said all beings rest in him, he now says they don't. Pashya me yogam aishvaram. Behold my divine mystery. He sustains every being and brings them forth, yet is beyond them all. Our language breaks here. The infinite can't be boxed into either statement.

The story

Krishna is stretching Arjuna's mind, the way a teacher shows a puzzle no logic can solve. The point isn't to understand it neatly. It's to wonder.

In your life

Imagine a parent who is completely present for a child, and also far more than just that child's parent. Let one paradox in your life sit unsolved today. Simply wonder at it.

Some truths are meant to be wondered at.