^242:3 Thy Ishvara-Form--as possessed of omnipotence, omnipresence, infinite wisdom, strength, virtue and splendour.

^244:7 Centred in one--as part of My body.

All else--e.g., your success or defeat in the war, about which you entertain a doubt (II. 6).

^245:8 Me--in My Universal Form.

^246:12 Mighty Being: The Universal Form.

The splendour of the Universal Form excels all others; it is indeed beyond compare.

^247:14 Deva: God, in His Universal Form.

^253:22 Ushmapas--The Pitris.

^254:25 Pralaya-fires: The fires which consume the worlds at the time of the final dissolution (Pralaya) of the universe

I know . . . quarters: I cannot distinguish the East from the West, nor the North from the South.

^256:26 Sutaputra: The son of a charioteer, Kama.

^257:28 28 & 29.--The two similes vividly illustrate how the assembled warriors rush to destruction, out of their uncontrollable nature, with or without discrimination.

^258:30 Licking Thy lips: consuming entirely, enjoying it, as it were.

^259:32 Even without thee &c.--Even without thy instrumentality, i.e., even if thou, O Arjuna, wouldst not fight, the end of all these warriors is inevitable, because I as the all-destroying Time have already killed them; so thy instrumentality in that work is insignificant.

^260:33 Be thou . . . cause.--People will think thee as the vanquisher of thy enemies, whom even the Devas cannot kill, and thus thou wilt gain glory; but thou art only an instrument in My hand.

Savyasachin--one who could shoot arrows even with his left hand.

^261:34 Already killed by me:--so do not be afraid of incurring sin by killing Drona, Bhishma and others though they are venerable to you as; your Guru, grandsire, etc.

Distressed with fear--as regards success because these great warriors are regarded as invincible.

^263:37 Brahma: the Hiranyagarbha.

The Being and the non-Being, &c.--The Sat (manifested) and the Asat (unmanifested), which form the Upadhis (adjuncts) of the Akshara (Imperishable); as such He is spoken of as the Sat and the Asat. In reality, the Imperishable transcends the Sat and the Asat.

^265:39 Vayu . . . Moon: The God of wind, death, fire, waters, and the moon.

The Great-Grandfather--The Creator even of Brahma who is known as the Grandfather.

^265:40 On every side: As Thou art present everywhere.

Pervadest: by Thy One Self.

^267:41 Love: Confidence born of affection.

In company: in the presence of others.

^267:43 None . . . to Thee--There cannot be two or more Ishvaras; if there were, the world could not get on as it does. When one Ishvara desires to create, another may desire to . Who knows that all the different Ishvaras would be of one mind, as they would all be independent of each other?