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Bhagavad Gita 10.20

Chapter 10 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)

“I am the Spirit seated deep in every creature's heart; / From Me they come; by Me they live; at My word they depart!”
Bhagavad Gita 10.20 · Arnold

Translation: Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial; or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (1885), public domain, via Project Gutenberg (ebook 2388). Arnold’s Song Celestial is continuous English verse in 18 chapters, without numbered slokas; each passage is an exact excerpt, located by content and cited by the classical chapter.verse reference it renders. The key passages 2.20, 4.7-8, 9.26 and 18.66 were validated against the source before publishing. Poetic line breaks are shown with a slash.

Christian comparison

How this connects to Jesus

I am the Spirit seated deep in every creature’s heart, Krishna says; from me they come, by me they live. Scripture affirms that in God we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28), and that his Spirit can dwell within us. Yet the Gospel adds a note of relationship: this indwelling is not simply our deepest identity but the presence of a God who loves us and invites us to know him as Father.

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