13.17

Sanskrit

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् । भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥

avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūtabhartṛ ca taj jñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca

Translation

Not divided amid beings, and yet seated distributively; that is to be known as the supporter of beings; He devours and He generates.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

“Not divided among beings, yet seated as if divided” names precisely the illusion verse 3 licensed by identifying the individual knower with the one cosmic Knower — from inside experience it looks like one kshetrajna per body, but the claim on the table is that it’s undivided underneath. “He devours and He generates” adds a cyclical, almost fierce register to what has otherwise been an abstract description, tying the impersonal Brahman-language back to a more personal, active Lord.