18.61
Chapter 18, Verse 61
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति। भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया৷৷
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṅ hṛddēśē.rjuna tiṣṭhati. bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā৷৷
Translation
God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
ईश्वरः the Lord, सर्वभूतानाम् of all beings, हृद्देशे in the hearts, अर्जुन O Arjuna, तिष्ठति dwells, भ्रामयन् causing to revolve, सर्वभूतानि all beings, यन्त्रारूढानि mounted on a machine, मायया by illusion. Commentary: Isvara The Lord the Ruler of the universe Narayana.The Lord abides in the hearts of all beings. It is He Who has given a gift of this marvellous machine to you. It is by His power that all bodies move. The Lord is the real Actor within.By Maya By causing illusion.He causes all beings to revolve like wooden dolls mounted on a machine. (Cf.X.20.XIII.18)
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.