BG 18.61

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ॥
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati
bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

Word-for-word meanings

arjuna — O Arjuna;  īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Immanent Self;  tiṣṭhati — resides;  hṛt-deśe — in the hearts;  sarva-bhūtānām — of all living beings;  māyayā — by His extrinsic potency;  bhrāmayan — He is causing to revolve;  sarva-bhūtāni — all living beings;  ārūḍhani — [as if] they were riding;  yantra — [on] the machine [of their bodies].

Translation

O Arjuna, the Supreme Immanent Self (Īśvara) resides in the hearts of all living beings. By His extrinsic potency, He causes all of them to revolve [through cycles of creation, maintenance, and destruction] as if they were riding upon the machine of their bodies.

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