Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories
Bhagavad Gita 10.20
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।
अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥
ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca ||
I am the self, Arjuna, seated in the heart of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all beings.
Modern context
Before naming a single outward glory, Krishna names the innermost one: I am the self seated in the heart of every being. Everything that follows, the sun, the ocean, the Himalaya, is secondary to this. The first place to look for the divine is not in the grand things of the world but in the awareness at the centre of each person, including oneself.