Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 27 (13.27)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्
विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति
॥ 13.27 ॥
samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram
vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
Translation
"One who sees the Supreme Lord abiding equally in all beings, the imperishable among the perishing — that person truly sees."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. samaṃ nirviśeṣaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ … sarveṣu samasteṣu bhūteṣu brahmādisthāvarānteṣu prāṇiṣu — abiding without distinction in all beings, from Brahma down to the unmoving; dehendriyamanobuddhyavyaktātmanaḥ apekṣya parameśvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord relative to the body, senses, mind, intellect and the unmanifest.
Acharya Ramanuja. devādiviṣamākārād viyuktaṃ … ātmānaṃ jñātṛtvena samānākāraṃ — the self, distinct from unequal forms such as god and the rest, has the same form as knower; tattaddehendriyamanāṃsi prati parameśvaratvena sthitam — abiding as "Supreme Lord" (master) in relation to its own body, senses and mind.
Acharya Ramanuja — further. yas tu devādiviṣamākāreṇa ātmānam api viṣamākāraṃ janmavināśādiyuktaṃ ca paśyati sa nityam eva saṃsarati — one who, because of forms like god and human, sees the self too as unequal and subject to birth and death, keeps wandering in samsara.
Shridhara Swami. sthāvarajaṅgamātmakeṣu bhūteṣu nirviśeṣaṃ sadrūpeṇa samaṃ — in all beings, still and moving, without distinction, equal as pure being; only one who sees thus sees rightly, no one else.
Madhusudana Saraswati. A picture of the world's impermanence: pratikṣaṇapariṇāmino hi bhāvā nāpariṇamya kṣaṇam api sthātum īśate — things that change every moment cannot remain even for a moment without changing; among them is ekarūpam — the Supreme Lord, ever the same.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.