Talk:Īshvara is Within and Outside Everything
By Sri Vishal Agarwal
Fire is His head. His eyes are the sun and the moon. The four directions are His ears. The revealed Vedas are His speech. The wind is His breath. The Universe is His heart. From His feet originated the earth. He is indeed the indwelling ātmā of all beings. Atharvaveda, Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.4
Nothing exists beyond Me at all, O Arjuna. This entire creation (comprising of the lower and the higher prakṛti) is pervaded by Me, just as a row of gems is threaded on a string. Gītā 7.7
Whatever states of being there might exist, be they sāttvika, rājasika or tāmasika, know that they all arise from Me. They are in Me, but I am not in them. Gītā 7.12
This entire universe is pervaded by My unmanifest aspect. All beings abide in Me, but I do not abide in them. Gītā 9.4
As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, abides always within space, know that so do all beings dwell in Me. Gītā 9.6
I am the ātmā present in the heart of all creatures. And I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all things. Gītā 10.20
This earth belongs to King Varuṇa. So also the heaven which is vast and far away belongs to Him; both the seas are contained in His belly, and He is as well hidden in this small drop of water. Atharvaveda, Śaunaka Saṃhitā 4.16.3
Deva Śiva transcends the three guṇa-s. He is omniscient, All-Doer. Pervading the one-syllabled Oṃ, He pervades everything. Śivadharmottara Upapurāṇa 1.26
Vedānta states that Bhagavān is present within the entire universe, and also beyond it. The whole creation is described as contained within a single "footprint" of Bhagavān. Thus, He is represented as omnipresent, all-pervading, and immanent.
Story: Yaśodā Sees the Universe Inside Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth[edit]
According to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Kṛṣṇa, as a young child, was once playing outdoors when He put soil into His mouth. A playmate informed Yaśodā, who immediately brought Kṛṣṇa inside and told Him, My son, it is harmful to put soil in the mouth. Have you eaten soil? Open your mouth and show me.
Kṛṣṇa denied, saying, No, mother; I have not eaten soil at all. But when Yaśodā insisted, He opened His mouth, and within it she saw the entire universe—the sun, the moon, stars, the earth, and more.
The text describes that Yaśodā, astonished, briefly perceived Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme. Yet, through His divine power, Kṛṣṇa caused her to forget this vision, restoring her ordinary motherly affection.
This narrative symbolizes the theological idea that the universe itself is contained within the divine, who is both its abode and support.