Did Lord Krishna say in the Gita that He has entered all creation?

[Shri Balaji asked: I am breaking my head to understand this verse in the Gītā, which says “Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ”, which appears to mean that God has entered all creation or all living beings. Please clarify this.]

Swami replied: O Learned and Devoted Servants of God! The tendency of every human being is to misunderstand and misinterpret the scripture. This is the reason why it appears to us as if God Datta is in the reverse gear. Actually, we are always in the wrong gear and He is always in the right gear. That is why we think that He is always in the reverse gear! A similar verse in the Gītā says that God is present in the heart of all the bhūtas (Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛid-deśhe). The word bhūta can mean the five inert elements and also living beings. We usually take only the second meaning and say that God is in the heart of all living beings. This is the first misinterpretation. The second step is to say that God is the awareness existing in every zoological living being. We do not even think for a while, how the awareness, which is merely a converted form of inert energy in the brain and nervous system, can be God. Finally, we say that we are already God!

In such statements, the word ‘heart’ should be understood in the sense of the central point or the essence. With reference to a certain verse in a poem, we say that the heart of the poet is the following…and we explain the essence of the verse (Idaṃ kavihṛdayamasmin śloke…). The word ‘heart’ in our statement does not mean the physical heart of the poet! It only means the intention, the essence or the central point in that specific verse. Similarly, when we say that God is the heart of this entire creation, it means that God is the central point or central controller or the essence of this entire creation. Remember, that the word bhūtānāṃ means in both inert and non-inert items of creation. Also, when we refer to the intention of the poet in a certain verse as his heart, we also indirectly mean that the poet’s intention is hidden. Similarly, God, being beyond this creation, is the hidden unimaginable entity, called the Parabrahman, who is the essence or controller of all creation. Everywhere in the entire Gītā, the word ‘I’ denoting Kṛṣṇa, actually indicates the unimaginable God fully merged with Kṛṣṇa.

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| Shri Datta Swami | Did Lord Krishna say in the Gita that He has entered all creation? | Sarvasya chaham hridi sannivishtah hrudi Giita Gita bhuutas Ishvarah sarva bhutanam hriid deshhe Idam kavihridayamasmin shloke bhutanam bhuta

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