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Chapter 13 · Verse 14 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 13.14

contemplative Fear & Courage Self & Identity

Sanskrit

सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।

Transliteration

sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣhi-śhiro-mukham sarvataḥ śhrutimal loke sarvam āvṛitya tiṣhṭhati

In plain words

You feel alone in your suffering—unseen, unheard, like no one knows the weight you're carrying or the darkness closing in. Krishna says: there is a presence that reaches into every corner of your life, hearing every cry, witnessing every moment, and it is already holding you. You are not abandoned, and you are not separate from the love that sustains everything.

Word by Word

sarvataḥ everywhere
pāṇi hands
pādam feet
tat that
sarvataḥ everywhere
akṣhi eyes
śhiraḥ heads
mukham faces
sarvataḥ everywhere
śhruti-mat having ears
loke in the universe
sarvam everything
āvṛitya pervades
tiṣhṭhati exists
Simplified Perspective

The Infinite Consciousness pervades all existence with hands reaching everywhere, eyes witnessing every moment, ears hearing every cry of creation—yet remains untouched, unbound, beyond all form. This is not a distant god but the living presence that animates your very breath, your awareness itself.

When you truly recognize this omnipresence, fear dissolves because you realize you are never separate from what sustains all life. This recognition transforms how you move through the world—not as a isolated fragment, but as a conscious expression of the infinite that already holds you completely.

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Bhagavad Gita 13.14 — BG 13.14

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