Bhagavad Gita 13.31 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“When you see everything coming from the One, you become one with God.”
What it means
“When a person sees that all the variety of beings rests in the one and spreads out from the one, they become one with the infinite.”
The original Sanskrit
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति । तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥
yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvamekasthamanupaśyati tata eva ca vistāraṃ brahma sampadyate tadā
Translations
Literal translation
When one realizes that the state of diversity of living things is rooted in the One, and that their manifestation is also from That, then one becomes identified with Brahman.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
यह पुरुष जब भूतों के पृथक् भावों को एक (परमात्मा) में स्थित देखता है तथा उस (परमात्मा) से ही यह विस्तार हुआ जा नता है, तब वह ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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