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अर्जुन उवाच स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च। रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसंघाः।।

Arjuna uvāca sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣyaty anurajyate ca rakṣāṁsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddha-saṅghāḥ

arjunaḥ uvāca (Arjuna said) sthāne (rightly) hṛṣīkeśa (O Master of the senses) tava (Your) prakīrtyā (by the glories) jagat (the universe) prahṛṣyati (is rejoicing) anurajyate (is becoming attached) ca (and) rakṣāṁsi (the demons) bhītāni (out of fear) diśaḥ (in all directions) dravanti (are fleeing) sarve (all) namasyanti (are offering respect) ca (and) siddha-saṅghāḥ (the perfected beings).

Arjuna said: O master of the senses, the world becomes joyful upon hearing Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You. Although the perfected beings offer You their respectful homage, the demons are afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is rightly done.

Arjuna finds his voice and acknowledges the cosmic justice he is witnessing. He says it is ‘sthāne’, or perfectly appropriate, that the world rejoices and becomes attached to Kṛṣṇa’s name. He sees the demons fleeing in terror to all corners of the universe while the perfected saints and sages bow down in adoration. Kṛṣṇa’s presence acts as a polarizing force. This verse illustrates that God is the ultimate separator of good and evil. Those with a divine nature are attracted to Him like iron to a magnet, finding joy in His glories. Those with a demoniac nature, however, cannot stand the light of Truth and run away. Arjuna recognizes that the Lord is the ‘Hṛṣīkeśa’, the one who directs the senses and hearts of all beings. We see here that the Universal Form is not just a display of power, but a display of order. The universe is responding to its Master. Arjuna’s fear is beginning to transform into a deep, philosophical appreciation of the Lord’s role as the center of all existence. He realizes that everything in the cosmos—from the demon to the saint—is reacting to Kṛṣṇa’s supreme vibration.