Chapter 18, Verse 20
Moksha Sanyaas Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
sarva-bhūteṣhu—within all living beings; yena—by which; ekam—one; bhāvam—nature; avyayam—imperishable; īkṣhate—one sees; avibhaktam—undivided; vibhakteṣhu—in diversity; tat—that; jñānam—knowledge; viddhi—understand; sāttvikam—in the mode of goodness
English translation
That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 18.20
Commentary
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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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