Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 27
समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् । विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति
samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram | vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
Translation
He sees, who sees the Supreme Lord, remaining the same in all beings, the undying in the dying.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- samam
- equal
- sarveṣu
- (in) all
- bhūteṣu
- in beings
- tiṣṭhantam
- seated
- parameśvaram
- the highest Lord
- vinaśyatsu
- among the perishing
- avinaśyantam
- the unperishing
- yaḥ
- who
- paśyati
- sees
- saḥ
- he
- paśyati
- sees
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The Supreme Lord exists, without any difference, in all living beings, from Brahmā down to the unmoving object (sthāvara). He is the Lord Supreme as compared with the body, senses, manas, buddhi, the Avyakta and the individual soul (Ātman, Jīva). All living beings are perishable while the Supreme Lord is imperishable. He sees (rightly) who sees the Supreme Lord as now described. The world sees, but it sees erroneously. A man whose eye is affected with timira sees more moons than one; with reference to him, he who sees one moon may be specified thus, 'he alone sees.' Similarly, he who sees the one undivided Self is distinguished — from those who erroneously see many distinct selfs — in the words 'he alone sees.'