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Bhagavad Gita 9.6 · Krishna

Like wind in the sky

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यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।

तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय॥

yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahāntathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya

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

What it means

Krishna gives an image to help. The wind moves everywhere, powerful and restless. Yet it always moves within the sky. The sky isn't disturbed by it. In the same way, all beings move and live within Krishna, held by his vastness, never outside it.

The story

Arjuna's world feels like a storm. Krishna offers the sky. However wild the wind of this war blows, it's moving within something peaceful and boundless.

In your life

On a windy day, watch the clouds rush across the sky. The sky stays still behind them. When your thoughts rush today, imagine your mind as that still sky.

Every storm moves within a still sky.