Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.15

arjuna uvāca

paśyāmi devāḿs tava deva dehe

sarvāḿs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-sańghān

brahmāṇam īśaḿ kamalāsana-stham

ṛṣīḿś ca sarvān uragāḿś ca divyān

SYNONYMS

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; paśyāmi — I see; devān — all the demigods; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dehe — in the body; sarvān — all; tathā — also; bhūta — living entities; viśeṣa-sańghān — specifically assembled; brahmāṇam — Lord Brahmā; īśam — Lord Śiva; kamala-āsana-stham — sitting on the lotus flower; ṛṣīn — great sages; ca — also; sarvān — all; uragān — serpents; ca — also; divyān — divine.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower, as well as Lord Śiva and all the sages and divine serpents.

PURPORT

Arjuna sees everything in the universe; therefore he sees Brahmā, who is the first creature in the universe, and the celestial serpent upon which the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu lies in the lower regions of the universe. This snake bed is called Vāsuki. There are also other snakes known as Vāsuki. Arjuna can see from the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu up to the topmost part of the universe on the lotus-flower planet where Brahmā, the first creature of the universe, resides. That means that from the beginning to the end, everything could be seen by Arjuna, who was sitting in one place on his chariot. This was possible by the grace of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

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