Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 31 (6.31)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः
सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते
॥ 6.31 ॥
sarvabhūtasthitaṃ yo māṃ bhajatyekatvamāsthitaḥ
sarvathā vartamāno'pi sa yogī mayi vartate
Translation
"The yogi who, established in oneness, worships Me dwelling in all beings — in whatever condition that yogi lives, they live in Me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Sarvathā sarva-prakāraiḥ vartamāno'pi samyag-darśī yogī mayi vaiṣṇave parame pade vartate — the yogi of right vision, living in whatever way, lives in My supreme Vaishnava abode; nitya-mukta eva saḥ na mokṣaṃ prati kenacit pratibadhyate — that one is ever free; nothing obstructs their moksha.
Acharya Ramanuja — the third stage. Yoga-daśāyāṃ sarva-bhūta-sthitaṃ mām asaṃkucita-jñānaikākāratayā ekatvam āsthitaḥ — in the state of yoga, regarding Me, who dwell in all, as one, in the uncontracted single form of knowledge (of all selves); prākṛta-bheda-parityāgena — setting aside material differences; sa yogī vyutthāna-kāle api yathā tathā vartamānaḥ … mayi vartate mām eva paśyati — that yogi, even after rising from meditation, however they live, lives in Me and sees Me alone.
The difference: "Ekatva" — Shankara: the oneness of the self and Ishvara; Ramanuja: the uniformity of selves in the form of knowledge. "Sarvathā vartamāna" — Ramanuja says it plainly: vyutthāna-kāla (the time outside meditation).
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