ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति | भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ||१८-६१||
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe.arjuna tiṣṭhati . bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ||18-61||
Chapter 18 · Verse 61
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Isvara The Lord the Ruler of the universe Narayana. The Lord abides in the hearts of all beings. It is He Who has given a gift of this marvellous machine to you.
Translation
18.61 The Lord, O Arjuna, abides in the heart of every being, spinning them round and round, mounted on a wheel as it were, by His power.
Meaning
Isvara The Lord the Ruler of the universe Narayana. The Lord abides in the hearts of all beings. It is He Who has given a gift of this marvellous machine to you. It is by His power that all bodies move. The Lord is the real Actor within. By Maya By causing illusion. He causes all beings to revolve like wooden dolls mounted on a machine. (Cf. X.20. XIII.18)
Word by word
ईश्वरः the Lord सर्वभूतानाम् of all beings हृद्देशे in the hearts अर्जुन O Arjuna तिष्ठति dwells भ्रामयन् causing to revolve सर्वभूतानि all beings यन्त्रारूढानि mounted on a machine मायया by illusion.