Krishna is the vast space of existence.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् |तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ||९-६||
yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān . tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya ||9-6||
Use this verse when worries feel too large.
Meaning
As the great wind moves everywhere while resting in space, so all beings rest in Me.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
All beings exist within Krishna like wind within space.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
The sky holds wind without being disturbed by it. Similarly, Krishna holds all beings without being reduced to them.
Read the traditional commentary
To make the abstract teaching tangible, Krishna offers a luminous image. The wind blows in every direction, vast and restless, yet it always moves within akasha — space, the all-pervading ether. The wind is held by space but never confines it; space remains pure, untouched, even as the wind rushes through it.
In just this way, all beings move and act within the Divine. We live and breathe inside that infinite, unbroken presence, dependent on it as the wind depends on space — yet our turbulence never disturbs its serenity. The simile gently dissolves the earlier paradox: things rest in God much as wind rests in sky.
He asks Arjuna to upadharaya, to hold this firmly in mind, so that it becomes a settled conviction rather than a fleeting idea.
In daily life
Remember the wider space holding every life event.
Stress feels smaller when seen within divine vastness.
Try this today
Take one breath and imagine your worry held in Krishna’s vastness.
I rest in Krishna’s vastness.Reflect
What situation needs a bigger perspective?
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Krishna on analogy, in other chapters
- Verse 13.33Like open sky that holds clouds yet stays unstained, your true Self pervades the body untouched by all it contains.
- Verse 7.8The Divine is the essence within ordinary things — taste it in water, see it in light, and the whole world becomes a remembrance.
- Verse 10.20The supreme place to find the Divine is not outside but within, as the very Self seated in your own heart.
- Verse 2.66Without discipline there is no wisdom, without wisdom no contemplation, without contemplation no peace, and without peace happiness is impossible.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 9.6
Who says Bhagavad Gita 9.6, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 9.6, in Chapter 9, Raja Vidya Yoga (Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 9.6 mean?
As the great wind moves everywhere while resting in space, so all beings rest in Me. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 9.6 for daily life?
Remember the wider space holding every life event. Stress feels smaller when seen within divine vastness.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 9.6 mean?
यथा — just as; आकाशस्थितः — resting in space / ether; नित्यम् — always; वायुः — the wind; सर्वत्रगः महान् — moving everywhere, mighty.
Where does verse 9.6 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 6 of 34 in Chapter 9, Raja Vidya Yoga. The next verse is 9.7.