Bhagavatgita a detailed study chapter13.The field and the knower

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16.avibhaktham

cha bhootheshu vibhaktham iva cha sThitham

bhoothabhrth cha thath jneyam grasishnu

prabhavishnu

cha

 

This

Self is undivided yet appears to be divided among beings; supports all beings,

absorbing them and generating.

 

When

seen as the transcendent and imminent reality the Self is undivided being one

whole. But to the unenlightened and ignorant, the diversity of the world seems

to be real and hence the Self is not seen as one. As one actually sees only the

Self everywhere, knowingly or unknowingly, it is said to be divided. The aspect

of being the supporter, absorber and generator is the reflection of the upanishadic

declaration 'yatho va imaani bhoothAni jaayanthE yena jaathaani jeevanthi yasmin

abhisamviSanthi thath vijnaasasva thath brahman, know that to be Brahman

from whom all beings come , by whom they are supported and into which they

merge back.' Brahman is the cause and the world is the effect.

 

The means of attainment of reality and the real nature of the Self , that is the

third and fourth topics are discussed in the above slokas 7 to 16