jagat

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्

jagat — the material world

That is the lower. Know that I have another and higher nature, mighty-armed one: the living, by which this world is upheld.

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय

jagataḥ — creation

Know that all beings have their source in these two. I am the origin of the whole world, and its dissolution.

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्

jagat — universe

Deluded by these three states made of the strands, the whole world does not know me, who am above them and unchanging.

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते

jagataḥ — of the material world

These two paths, the bright and the dark, are held to be constant in this world. By one, a person does not return; by the other, they come back again.

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना

jagat — cosmic manifestation

By me, in my unmanifest form, all this world is pervaded. All beings rest in me; I do not rest in them.

मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्

jagat — the material world

Under my oversight, nature brings forth all that moves and does not move. By this cause, son of Kunti, the world turns.

पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः

jagataḥ — universe

I am the father of this world, and the mother, the sustainer, the grandsire; the object of knowledge, the purifier, the syllable Om, and the three Vedas.

स्वयमेवात्मनाऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम

jagat-pate — the Lord of the universe

You alone know yourself by yourself, highest person, source of beings, lord of beings, god of gods, ruler of the world.

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन

jagat — creation

But what need is there of all this detail, Arjuna? I stand supporting this whole world with a single part of myself.

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्

jagat — the universe

See here, gathered in one place, the whole world, moving and unmoving — and whatever else you wish to see, in this body of mine.

तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा

jagat — the universe

There, in the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw the whole world gathered in one place, divided into many.

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि

jagat-nivāsa — The shelter of the universe

Seeing your mouths, terrible with their teeth, like the fires of the world's ending, I lose my bearings and find no shelter. Have mercy, lord of gods, refuge of the worlds.

लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः

jagat — the universe

You lick up and devour all the worlds on every side with your flaming mouths. Your terrible light fills the whole world with burning, Vishnu.

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च

jagat — the universe

It is fitting, Krishna, that the world rejoices and delights in praising you. The demons flee in every direction, and all the perfected bow.

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे

jagat-nivāsa — Refuge of the universe

And why should they not bow to you, great one, greater than Brahma, the first maker? Endless lord, god of gods, refuge of the world — you are the imperishable, what is and what is not, and what is beyond both.

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे

jagat-nivāsa — abode of the universe

I am glad to have seen what was never seen before, and my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that other form of yours, lord of gods, refuge of the world; have mercy.

यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्

jagat — solar system

The radiance that is in the sun, which lights the whole world, and what is in the moon and in fire — know that radiance to be mine.

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्

jagat — the world

They say the world is without truth, without ground, without a governing power — that it comes about by the mutual working of things, with desire as its only cause.

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः

jagataḥ — of the world

Holding this view, their selves lost, their understanding small, they arise as cruel doers, working for the ruin of the world.