श्रीभगवानुवाच भवतीनां वियोगो मे न हि सर्वात्मना क्वचित् । यथा भूतानि भूतेषु खं वाय्वग्निर्जलं मही । तथाहं च मन:प्राणभूतेन्द्रियगुणाश्रय: ॥ २९ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca bhavatīnāṁ viyogo me na hi sarvātmanā kvacit yathā bhūtāni bhūteṣu khaṁ vāyv-agnir jalaṁ mahī tathāhaṁ ca manaḥ-prāṇa- bhūtendriya-guṇāśrayaḥ
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Lord said
- bhavatīnām
- of you women
- viyogaḥ
- separation
- me
- from Me
- na
- is not
- hi
- indeed
- sarva-ātmanā
- from the Soul of all existence
- kvacit
- ever
- yathā
- as
- bhūtāni
- the physical elements
- bhūteṣu
- in all created beings
- kham
- the ether
- vāyu-agniḥ
- air and fire
- jalam
- water
- mahī
- earth
- tathā
- so
- aham
- I
- ca
- and
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- prāṇa
- vital air
- bhūta
- material elements
- indriya
- bodily senses
- guṇa
- and of the primal modes of nature
- āśrayaḥ
- present as their shelter
The Supreme Lord said: You are never actually separated from Me, for I am the Soul of all creation. Just as the elements of nature — ether, air, fire, water and earth — are present in every created thing, so I am present within everyone’s mind, life air and senses, and also within the physical elements and the modes of material nature.