Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 20 (18.20)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते
अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम्
॥ 18.20 ॥
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate
avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam
Translation
"The knowledge by which a person sees one imperishable reality in all beings — the undivided in the divided — know that knowledge to be sattvic."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. ekam ātmavastu ity arthaḥ avyayaṃ; kūṭastham.
Acharya Ramanuja. brāhmaṇakṣatriyabrahmacārigṛhasthādirūpeṇa vibhakteṣu sarveṣu bhūteṣu — in all beings, divided into forms such as brahmin, kshatriya, celibate student and householder — ekākāram ātmākhyaṃ bhāvam.
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