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

sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 20
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Sanskrit to English Translation

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

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the knowledge by which one sees the one imperishable being in all beings, undivided in the divided, know that knowledge to be of goodness, defining clear knowledge specifically as the ability to see underlying unity within apparent multiplicity.

In life: the clearest form of understanding in any domain, people, systems, situations, tends to be the ability to see the underlying, unifying pattern connecting seemingly separate, divided pieces.

Teaching: for a complex domain in your life that currently feels like a scattered collection of separate pieces, work toward identifying the underlying, unifying pattern connecting them, this verse frames that specific ability as the actual marker of clear knowledge.

sarva-bhūteṣhuwithin all living beings
yenaby which
ekamone
bhāvamnature
avyayamimperishable
īkṣhateone sees
avibhaktamundivided
vibhakteṣhuin diversity
tatthat
jñānamknowledge
viddhiunderstand
sāttvikamin the mode of goodness

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.20 सर्वभूतेषु in all beings? येन by which? एकम् one? भावम् reality? अव्ययम् indestructible? ईक्षते (one) sees? अविभक्तम् inseparable? विभक्तेषु in the separated? तत् that? ज्ञानम् knowledge? विद्धि know? सात्त्विकम् Sattvic (pure).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)