अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् | भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ||१३-१७||
avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam . bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca ||13-17||
Chapter 13 · Verse 17
Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
In plain words
Brahman must be regarded as That which supports swallows up and also creates all beings in the three forms of Brahma who creates the world of names anf forms. Vishnu who preserves or sustains and Rudra who destroys. It is undivided in the various bodies.
Translation
13.17 Undivided and yet remaining as if divided among beings, this self is to be known as the supporter of elements. It devours them and causes generation.
Meaning
Brahman must be regarded as That which supports swallows up and also creates all beings in the three forms of Brahma who creates the world of names anf forms. Vishnu who preserves or sustains and Rudra who destroys. It is undivided in the various bodies. It is like ether. It is allpervding like space (Akasa). It is indivisible and the One but It seems to divide Itself in forms and appears as all the separate existing things and beings. It is essentially unbroken. Yet. It is as it were divided among all beings. It devours this world during the cosmic dissolution. It generates it at the time of the origin of the next age. It supports all beings during the period of sustenance of this world. Just as fire is hidden in the wood so also Brahman is hidden in all bodies. Just as the one space appears to be different through the limiting adjuncts (pot house etc.) so also the one indivisible Brahman appears to be different through the limiting adjuncts (the body etc.). (Cf. XVIII.20) An objector says The knowable Brahman the Knower of the field is allpervading. It exists everywhere and yet It is not perceived. Therefore It must be of the nature of darkness or Tamas. The answer is No. It cannot be. What then It is the Light of Lights.
Word by word
अविभक्तम् undivided च and भूतेषु in beings विभक्तम् divided इव as if च and स्थितम् existing भूतभर्तृ the supporter of beings च and तत् That ज्ञेयम् to be known ग्रसिष्णु devouring प्रभविष्णु generating च and.