Bhagavad Gita · 6.31 · Path of Meditation·31 of 47

सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥

sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajatyekatvam

āsthitaḥ sarvathā vartamāno ’pi sa yogī mayi vartate

Sanskrit recitation

6.30 6.32

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See yourself in others · 6.29–6.32 · Teaching

Translation

He who, being established in unity, worships Me, who dwells in all beings, that yogi abides in Me, whatever their mode of living may be.

Meaning

He who has dissolved all duality in the underlying unity, who is thus established in unity, who worships Me, i.e., who has realised Me as the Self of all, dwells always in Me, whatever his mode of living may be. He is ever liberated.Sadana lived in God though he was a butcher because his mind was ever fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord.

After Swami Sivananda

See yourself in others· 6.29–6.32→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

6.29With the mind harmonized by Yoga, he sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the Self; he sees the same everywhere.
6.30He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, never becomes separated from Me, nor do I from him.
6.31He who, being established in unity, worships Me, who dwells in all beings, that yogi abides in Me, whatever their mode of living may be.
6.32He who, through the likeness of the Self, O Arjuna, sees reality everywhere, be it pleasure or pain, is regarded as the highest Yogi.

Word-by-word→

api: although
mayi: in me
mām: me
saḥ: he
yaḥ: who
yogī: a yogi
bhajati: worships
ekatvam: in unity
vartate: dwells
sarvathā: in all kinds of
āsthitaḥ: established
varta-mānaḥ: remain
sarva-bhūta-sthitam: situated in all beings

सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥

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