1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 16

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's  Gita  Bhashya and Swami Chidbhavananda's Bhagavad Gita, both published by Ramakrishna Mission

One Appearing as the Many 16-17

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 16

Bharata taking the Paduka

Avibhaktam cha bhuteshu vibhaktam iva cha stitham I

Bhuta bhartr cha tat gyayam grasishnu prabhavishnu cha II sloka 16

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तं इव च स्तिथम् I 

भूत भर्तर च तत् ग्यायम् ग्रसिष्णु प्रभा विष्णु च II श्लोक 16

He is undivided and yet he seems to be divided in beings. He is to be known as the supporter of beings. He devours and He generates.

The akasha is all pervading. Yet it appears as if divided into innumerable forms. The fact is that it expands undivided while seeming as if divided. Even such is a case with the Paramatman. As akasa is the support to the remaining four elements, Paramatman is the support of the jagat and the jivatman. In paralaya, they merge with the Paramatman. In creation, they reappear in the Paramatman. They are not exterior to the Paramatman in creation, preservation and destruction. As the waves come up, stay and  disappear in the sea, these things and beings are either patent or latent in the Lord.