Gita Verse 18.20

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 20

Sanskrit Verse

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते।अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम्।।18.20।।

Transliteration

sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate

avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18