सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvam avyayam īkṣate |avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu taj jñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam ||
- सर्वभूतेषु · sarvabhūteṣu
- in all beings
- येन · yena
- by which
- एकम् · ekam
- one
- भावम् · bhāvam
- reality, being
- अव्ययम् · avyayam
- imperishable
- ईक्षते · īkṣate
- one sees
- अविभक्तम् · avibhaktam
- undivided
- विभक्तेषु · vibhakteṣu
- in the divided
- तत् · tat
- that
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- सात्त्विकम् · sāttvikam
- sattvic
“That by which one sees a single imperishable reality in all beings — the undivided in the divided — know that knowledge to be sattvic.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sattvic knowing is unitive: one deathless being shining through countless separate forms. This is the Gita's Vedantic summit in a single verse, recalling 6.29 and 13.27. All the guṇa-grades that follow are measured against this vision of oneness.
— Reader's notes (original)