11.13 The whole world in one place Sanjaya speaks
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा
tatraika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ pravibhaktam anekadhā
apaśhyad deva-devasya śharīre pāṇḍavas tadā
There, in the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw the whole world gathered in one place, divided into many.
Explanation
The whole world, gathered and divided.
In the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw everything in one place — divided into many.
Both at once, which is 13.17's undivided, and standing as if divided shown rather than stated. The metaphysics of the middle chapters is being displayed.
Word by word
- tatra
- there
- eka-stham
- established in one place
- jagat
- the universe
- kṛitsnam
- entire
- pravibhaktam
- divided
- anekadhā
- many
- apaśhyat
- could see
- deva-devasya
- of the God of gods
- śharīre
- in the body
- pāṇḍavaḥ
- Arjun
- tadā
- at that time
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