Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 19
Chapter 18
Verse 20 of 78
Verse 21
Verse 18.20
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते। अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥18.20॥
18.20 sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvam avyayam īkṣate avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu taj jñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

That by which one imperishable being (bhāva) is seen in all beings, Undivided among the divided, know that knowledge (jñāna) to be of goodness (sāttvika).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Know that through lucid knowledge one sees in all creatures a single, unchanging existence, undivided within its divisions.

ZaehnerJesuit

(20) That [kind of] knowledge by which one sees one mode of being, changeless, undivided in all contingent beings, divided [as they are], is Goodness' [knowledge]. Be sure of this.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

18.20 Know that knowledge to be originating from sattva through which one sees a single, undecaying, undivided Entity in all the diversified things.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

18.20 Know that Knowledge to be Sāttvika by which one sees in all beings, one immutable existence undivided in the divided.

SivanandaVedanta

18.20 That by which one sees the one indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in all the separate beings -- know thou that knowledge to be Sattvic.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 19
Chapter 18
Verse 20 of 78
Verse 21