Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 15 (11.15)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
अर्जुन उवाच
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थम्
ऋषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्
॥ 11.15 ॥
paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe
sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān
brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanastham
ṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān
Translation
Arjuna said: "O God, in your body I see all the gods, hosts of beings of every kind, the Lord Brahma seated on the lotus, all the sages and the divine serpents."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. brahmāṇaṃ caturmukham īśam īśitāraṃ prajānāṃ kamalāsanasthaṃ pṛthivīpadmamadhye merukarṇikāsanastham ity arthaḥ — four-faced Brahma, lord of creatures, seated on Meru as the seed-pod at the centre of the lotus of the earth; uragāṃś ca vāsukiprabhṛtīn.
Acharya Ramanuja — a different reading. brahmāṇaṃ caturmukham aṇḍādhipatim — Brahma, ruler of the cosmic egg; and īśaṃ kamalāsanasthaṃ kamalāsane brahmaṇi sthitam īśaṃ tanmate avasthitaṃ — "Isha" is separate: the Isha (Rudra) who abides in the lotus-seated one (Brahma) and follows his will.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.