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यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्। तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय।।

yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānīty upadhāraya

yathā (just as) ākāśa-sthitaḥ (situated in the sky) nityam (always) vāyuḥ (the wind) sarvatra-gaḥ (blowing everywhere) mahān (mighty) tathā (similarly) sarvāṇi (all) bhūtāni (living entities) mat-sthāni (situated in Me) iti (thus) upadhāraya (try to understand)

Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created beings rest in Me.

Kṛṣṇa provides a brilliant physical analogy to explain the previous paradox. He compares the living beings to the mighty wind that blows everywhere but always rests within the vastness of the sky. The wind is active and powerful, yet it can never leave the sky. Similarly, all created beings are ‘in’ Kṛṣṇa, but they do not affect His nature. The sky is not moved by the wind, nor is it soiled by the dust the wind carries. The sky remains neutral and all-containing. In the same way, all the chaotic movements, births, and deaths of the material world happen within Kṛṣṇa, but He remains the pure and steady background of all reality. This analogy helps Arjuna understand that even though he is in the middle of a war, he is still ‘in’ God. There is no place he can go where he is outside of Kṛṣṇa’s presence. This realization turns the terrifying battlefield into a safe space within the infinite ‘sky’ of the Divine. We are always contained within His care.