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Bhagavad Gita · 18.20 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·20 of 78

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षतेअविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम्

sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate

avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

Sanskrit recitation

What makes an action · 18.13–18.28 · Teaching

Translation

That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.

Meaning

That knowledge that sees no difference in all objects that are perceived, is pure. The seer beholds the one allpervading imperishable substance or essence behind the seeming diversity of the objects. He beholds unity in diversity, one in many, all in one. He sees that all the diverse objects are rooted in the One.Bhavam Reality The One Self.Sarvabhuteshu In all beings From the Unmanifested down to the insentient and unmoving objects.Avyayam Indestructible inexhaustible unchangeable that which cannot be exhausted either in itself or in its properties immutable.Just as the ether is indivisible, so also the Self is indivisible. The Self is the same in all bodies. It is the common consciousness in all bodies. It is not different in different bodies. It is one homogeneous indivisible essence or substance in all bodies, in all beings. Know thou, O Arjuna, this direct and right perception of the nondual Self as Sattvic (pure). (Cf.IV.35VI.29XIII.16,28XVIII.30)

After Swami Sivananda

What makes an action· 18.13–18.28

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

Word-by-word
tat
that
ekam
one
yena
by which
viddhi
understand
avyayam
imperishable
bhāvam
nature
jñānam
knowledge
avibhaktam
undivided
sāttvikam
in the mode of goodness
īkṣhate
one sees
vibhakteṣhu
in diversity
sarva-bhūteṣhu
within all living beings

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