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यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।

yadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyati tata eva cha vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 13, Verse 31
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
When a person sees all beings as resting in the One and emanating from the One alone, they then become Brahman.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: when one sees the diverse existence of beings as abiding in the one, and spreading out from that alone, one then attains Brahman, again describing unity underlying apparent diversity as the actual object of correct perception.

In life: recognizing the underlying commonality across people and situations that initially look completely unrelated is a genuinely useful, practical skill, not just an abstract philosophical exercise.

Teaching: practice looking for the underlying commonality across two situations or people in your life that initially seem completely unrelated, that skill of finding unity within apparent diversity has real, practical value beyond its philosophical framing here.

yadāwhen
bhūtaliving entities
pṛithak-bhāvamdiverse variety
eka-sthamsituated in the same place
anupaśhyatisee
tataḥthereafter
evaindeed
chaand
vistāramborn from
brahmaBrahman
sampadyate(they) attain
tadāthen

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
13.31 यदा when? भूतपृथग्भावम् the whole variety of beings? एकस्थम् resting in the One? अनुपश्यति sees? ततः from that? एव alone? च and? विस्तारम् the spreading? ब्रह्म Brahman? सम्पद्यते (he) becomes? तदा then.Commentary A man attains to unity with the Supreme when he knows or realises through intuition that all these manifold forms are rooted in the One. As waves in water? atoms in the earth? rays in the sun? organs in the body? emotions in the mind? sparks in the fire? so verily are all forms rooted in the One. Wherever he turns his gaze he beholds only the one Self and enjoys the bliss of the Self.When he beholds the diversity of beings rooted in the One in accordance with the teachings of the scriptures and the preceptor? he realises through intuitive experience that all that he beholds is nothing but the Self and that the origin and the evolution of all is from That One alone. Compare with the Chhandogya Upanishad? 7.26.1.आत्मतः प्राण आत्मत आशा आत्मतः स्मरआत्मत आकाश आत्मतस्तेज आत्मत आपःआत्मत आविर्भावतिरोभावावात्मतोऽन्नम्।।Atmatah prana atmata asa atmatah smaraAtmata akasa atmatasteja atmata apahAtmata avirbhavatirobhavavatmatonnam.From the Self is life from the Self is desire from the Self is love from the Self is ether from the Self is light from the Self are the waters from the Self is appearance and disappearance from the Self is food.