Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 5
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 9 श्लोक 5

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।
भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः।।9.5।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
9.5. Yet, the beings do not exist in Me.  Look at the Sovereign Yoga of Mine.  My Self is the sustainer of the beings, does not exist in beings, and cuases beings to be born.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
9.5 Na ca etc. Yet, the beings do not exist in Me :  For, the persons, who are blind with nescience, do not see the reality.  The ignorant  do not consider the Absolute Lord - Who is of the nature of infinite  Consciousness - as a basis of determinate knowledge of all objects.  On the other hand conceiving  [like] I, the lean Devadatta,  know this, as existing here on the floor,  they view  [things of]  finite nature aone as the basis  [of determination].
 
But why this contradiction ?  On this doubt  [the Lord] says  Look at the Sovereign Yoga of Mine.  Yoga signifies the  Power  [of the Absolute],  because it is being employed.  This is indeed My Sovereignty,  which is the Freedom of behaving in this manner in a highly strange way.  This is the idea  (here).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 9.5Na cha matsthaani bhootaani pashya me yogamaishwaram;
Bhootabhrinna cha bhootastho mamaatmaa bhootabhaavanah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 9.5na—never; cha—and; mat-sthāni—abide in Me; bhūtāni—all living beings; paśhya—behold; me—My; yogam aiśhwaram—divine energy; bhūta-bhṛit—the sustainer of all living beings; na—never; cha—yet; bhūta-sthaḥ—dwelling in; mama—My; ātmā—Self; bhūta-bhāvanaḥ—the Creator of all beings