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Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 29 (6.29)

Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चाऽऽत्मनि
ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः
॥ 6.29 ॥

sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cā''tmani
īkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ

Translation

"With the mind composed in yoga, seeing with an equal eye everywhere, (the yogi) sees their own self in all beings, and all beings in their own self."

Interpretation

Shankaracharya — the vision of oneness. Sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthitaṃ svam ātmānaṃ, sarva-bhūtāni ca ātmani brahmādīni stamba-paryantāni … ekatāṃ gatāni īkṣate — from Brahma down to a blade of grass, all beings are seen as one in one's own self; sama-darśanaḥ … viṣameṣu sarva-bhūteṣu samaṃ nirviśeṣaṃ brahmātmaikatva-viṣayaṃ darśanaṃ jñānaṃ yasya — equal and undifferentiated among unequal beings — the knowledge of the oneness of Brahman and the self.

Acharya Ramanuja — the vision of sameness. Svātmanaḥ pareṣāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ prakṛti-viyukta-svarūpāṇāṃ jñānaikākāratayā sāmyāt, vaiṣamyasya ca prakṛti-gatatvāt — one's own self and the selves of others, once separated from prakriti, are alike because they are of the one form of knowledge; inequality belongs to prakriti. So sarva-bhūta-samānākāraṃ svātmānaṃ svātma-samānākārāṇi ca sarva-bhūtāni paśyati — one sees one's own self as like all, and all as like one's own. Ekasmin ātmani dṛṣṭe sarvasya ātma-vastunaḥ tat-sāmyāt sarvam ātma-vastu dṛṣṭaṃ bhavati — when one self is seen, because of their sameness all are seen. Evidence: "sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ", 6.33 sāmyena, and 5.19 nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma.

The difference (central): Shankara — ekatā (all one self); Ramanuja — sāmya (many selves, but alike). The practical result of both is the same: no one is a "stranger".

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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