Chapter 9 · Verse 4 · Raja Vidya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 9.4
Sanskrit
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना। मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः।।9.4।।
Transliteration
mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na chāhaṁ teṣhvavasthitaḥ
In plain words
You are held. Right now—in your worry about your child, your anger at your spouse, your fear of what's coming—you are held by something vast that moves through all of it without being broken by any of it. Krishna says: I pervade everything, yet I am untouched; in the same way, the deepest part of you is safe, even when your life feels fractured. When you stop fighting the pain and recognize you're part of something larger than your suffering, that's when the suffocation can lift.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the paradox that holds the universe together: He pervades all existence through His unmanifest form, yet remains utterly untouched and uncontained by it—like space holding all things without being affected by them. This is not mere intellectual knowledge but the direct seeing of Brahman as both the ground and the freedom beyond all manifestation.
When you recognize this same consciousness flowing through yourself and all beings, the illusion of separation dissolves, and fear gives way to profound peace.
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Bhagavad Gita 9.4 — BG 9.4
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