In plain words
Just as the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always abides in space, understand in the same way that all beings abide in Me.
Word for word
Just as the great wind, moving everywhere, always abides in space, so understand thus: all beings abide in Me.
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
यथोक्तेन श्लोकद्वयेन उक्तम् अर्थं दृष्टान्तेन उपपादयन् आह —
यथा लोके आकाशस्थितः आकाशे स्थितः नित्यं सदा वायुः सर्वत्र गच्छतीति सर्वत्रगः महान् परिमाणतः, तथा आकाशवत् सर्वगते मयि असंश्लेषेणैव स्थितानि इत्येवम् उपधारय विजानीहि ॥ ६ ॥
In plain words
The two verses just given have made their point; now, to set it on firm ground with an example, he says —
Take the wind. In the world it rests in space — that is all 'space-resting' means: it rests in space. Always, meaning at every moment. And it goes everywhere, which is why it is called all-going. And it is great — great in sheer extent. In just the same way they rest in me, and I am all-pervading, like space. They rest in me without touching me at all. Hold that in mind. Know it. ||6||
Close to the Sanskrit
Establishing, by means of an illustration, the meaning stated by the two verses as they were spoken, he says —
Just as, in the world, air resting in space — that is, resting in space — always, at all times, goes everywhere, thus 'all-going', and is great, great by measure: so, in me who am all-pervading like space, they rest with no contact whatsoever — in this way hold it in mind, know it. ||6||