ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
18.61 O Arjuna, the Lord resides in the region of the heart of all creatures, revolving through Maya all the creatures (as though) mounted on a machine!
18.61 Lord Vasudeva, who is the ruler over all, lives in the heart of all beings, i.e., in the region from which arises all knowledge which is at the root of all secular and spiritual activities. How and doing what does He exist? He exists enabling, by His Maya (power), all beings who are mounted, as it were, on the machine Prakrti in the form of body and senses created by Himself, to act in accordance with their Gunas of Sattva and others. It was already expressed in And I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me are memory, knowledge and their removal also (15.15) and in From Me proceed everything (10.8). The Srutis also proclaim He who, dwelling in the self (Br. U. Madh., 3.7.22). He now explains the way to get rid of the Maya:
Eeshwarah sarvabhootaanaam hriddeshe’rjuna tishthati; Bhraamayan sarvabhootaani yantraaroodhaani maayayaa.
īśhvaraḥ—the Supreme Lord; sarva-bhūtānām—in all living being; hṛit-deśhe—in the hearts; arjuna—Arjun; tiṣhṭhati—dwells; bhrāmayan—causing to wander; sarva-bhūtāni—all living beings; yantra ārūḍhani—seated on a machine; māyayā—made of the material energy
