Gita : Ch-13, Slo-14, Discussion-2.

04/12/2017

Chapter-13.  ( Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yogam )

Slokam- 14.
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sarvatah   panipadam   tat  sarvatokshisiromukham,

 sarvatah  srutimalloke  sarvamavrtya  tishtati.
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 Word by meaning:-

sarvatah   pani-padam  = hands  and  legs  everywhere;

sarvatah  akshi-sirah-mukham  =  and  eyes,  heads,  faces  ( mouths),  everywhere;

sarvatah  srutimat  tat  =  ears  everywhere,  withh  all  these  (  as  mentioned  above  two  lines ),  the  'Brahmam';

loke  sarvam  avrtya  =  covering  everywhere  in  the  world  ( spread  in  all  things,  all  over  the  world );

tishtati  =  exists.
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SUM :-(Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Supersoul exists.)
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Discussion-2.

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Lord Krishna begins this slokam with sarvatah pani-padam tat meaning the Supreme Lords has hands and feet everywhere.

This denotes that by His potency the Supreme Lord is capable of doing everywhere what all hands and feet do in the embodied state.

Similarly He speaks sarvatah srutimal loke meaning He hears everything in all directions internally and externally.

This denotes that He is capable of performing the functions of the senses such as hearing and seeing without the need of any physical sense organ.

The Supreme Lord known as Parabrahman although possessing not hands and feet is able to perform the activities of hands and feet.

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The Svetasvatara Upanisad III.IXX beginning apani pado jivana grihita meaning : -

Footless and handless He moves and grasps; eyeless and earless He sees and hears. That the atma or immortal soul of every sentient being even situated as an infinitesimal particle of Parabrahman also has the capacity of performing functions without organs as well.

This is confirmed in the Mundaka Upanisad III.I.VIII beginning tatha vidva punya-pape vidhuya niranjana param samyam upaiti means : -

The atma casting off the dross of merit and demerit becomes purified attaining qualitative sameness in transcendence as the brahman. So in conclusion the ksetra-jna abides throughout all creation encompassing everything.

This means that the atma pervades all things in creation without exception for the atma has no limitations of time and space.

The atma is qualitatively equated to Parabrahmam but quantitatively it is minuscule similar to a ray of light from the sun.

To be continued ...