BG 13.16

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।
भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥
avibhaktaṁ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam
bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyaṁ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca

Word-for-word meanings

tat — It [Brahman];  avibhaktam ca — [is] without any divisions;  ca — and [yet];  sthitam — [It] exists;  vibhaktam iva — as if divided;  bhūteṣu — in all beings;  jñeyam — [It is] to be understood;  bhūta-bhartṛ — as the sustainer of all beings;  ca — and;  grasiṣṇu — as the destroyer;  ca — as well as;  prabhaviṣṇu — the originator.

Translation

It is without any divisions, and yet It exists as if divided in all beings. It is to be understood as the sustainer, the destroyer, as well as the originator of all beings.

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