भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-11, verse-15

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अर्जुन उवाच ।
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसंघान् ।
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थमृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥१५॥

15. arjuna uvāca ,
paśyāmi devāṁstava deva dehe; sarvāṁstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṁghān ,
brahmāṇamīśaṁ kamalāsanastha;mṛṣīṁśca sarvānuragāṁśca divyān.

15. arjunaḥ uvāca paśyāmi devān tava
deva dehe sarvān tathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān
brahmāṇam īśam kamalāsanastham
ṛṣīn ca sarvān uragān ca divyān

15. arjunaḥ uvāca deva tava dehe sarvān
devān tathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān
kamalāsanastham brahmāṇam īśam ca
sarvān ṛṣīn ca divyān uragān paśyāmi

15. Arjuna said: O divine being (deva), I behold in your body all the gods, as well as the hosts of distinct beings, Brahmā, the Lord (īśa), seated on the lotus (kamalāsanastha), and all the sages (ṛṣi), and the celestial serpents.

Words meanings summery:

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अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

देवान् (devān) - gods

तव (tava) - of Kṛṣṇa (your, of you)

देव (deva) - O Kṛṣṇa! (O God! O Divine Being!)

देहे (dehe) - in Kṛṣṇa's body (in the body)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

भूतविशेषसङ्घान् (bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān) - hosts of distinct beings, multitudes of various creatures

ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

ईशम् (īśam) - Lord Śiva (the Lord (Śiva))

कमलासनस्थम् (kamalāsanastham) - seated on a lotus (an epithet for Brahmā) (seated on a lotus)

ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages, seers

च (ca) - and

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire

उरगान् (uragān) - serpents, nāgas

च (ca) - and

दिव्यान् (divyān) - divine, celestial

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

From root vac (to speak), perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present Active

From root dṛś (to see), gaṇa 1, present 1st singular active

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देवान् (devān) - gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

तव (tava) - of Kṛṣṇa (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

देव (deva) - O Kṛṣṇa! (O God! O Divine Being!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

देहे (dehe) - in Kṛṣṇa's body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: agrees with devān and bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

(indeclinable)

भूतविशेषसङ्घान् (bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān) - hosts of distinct beings, multitudes of various creatures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhūtaviśeṣasaṅgha

bhūtaviśeṣasaṅgha - multitude of distinct beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+viśeṣa+saṅgha)

bhūta – being, creature, element
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root bhū (to be)
Root: bhū (class 1)
viśeṣa – distinction, variety, species
noun (masculine)
saṅgha – multitude, host, assembly
noun (masculine)

ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), prayer, sacred word

ईशम् (īśam) - Lord Śiva (the Lord (Śiva))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler (often refers to Śiva)

Root: īś (class 2)

कमलासनस्थम् (kamalāsanastham) - seated on a lotus (an epithet for Brahmā) (seated on a lotus)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kamalāsanastha