सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते | अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ||१८-२०||
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate . avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam ||18-20||
Chapter 18 · Verse 20
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
18.20 Know that Knowledge to be Sattvika by which one sees in all beings, one immutable existence undivided in the divided.
Meaning
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)
Word by word
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).