Bhagavad Gita 18.20 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“The best way of seeing: one spirit in everyone.”
What it means
“Knowledge that sees one undivided, eternal reality in all the variety of beings is clear knowledge.”
The original Sanskrit
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते । अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam
Translations
Literal translation
Know that knowledge to be originating from sattva through which one sees a single, undecaying, undivided Entity in all the diversified things.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिस ज्ञान से मनुष्य, विभक्त रूप में स्थित समस्त भूतों में एक अविभक्त और अविनाशी (अव्यय) स्वरूप को देखता है, उस ज्ञान को तुम सात्त्विक जानो।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 18.21“Knowledge that sees beings only as separate and different from one another is restless knowledge.”