Chapter 13, Verse 16
अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम्। भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च।।13.17।।
avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam. bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca.13.17.
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- अविभक्तम्
- undivided
- च
- and
- भूतेषु
- in/among beings
- विभक्तम् इव
- as if divided
- च
- and
- स्थितम्
- situated, existing
- भूतभर्तृ
- the supporter/sustainer of beings
- च
- and
- तत्
- that (the Supreme)
- ज्ञेयम्
- to be known
- ग्रसिष्णु
- the devourer (that which consumes/withdraws all beings)
- प्रभविष्णु
- the originator (that which brings forth/creates all beings)
- च
- and
Commentary
16. And undivided, yet remaining divided as it were in beings ; supporter of beings, too is That, the Knowable ; devouring, yet generating.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अविभक्तम्
च
भूतेषु
विभक्तम् इव
च
स्थितम्
भूतभर्तृ
च
तत्
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प्रभविष्णु
च
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