Bhagavad Gita 18.20 Meaning: Sarvabhuteshu yenaikam

Bhagavad Gita 18.20

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥

Sarvabhuteshu yenaikam bhavamavyayamikshateAvibhaktam vibhakteshu tajjnanam viddhi sattvikam

sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate |avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that the knowledge by which one sees one unchanging reality in all beings, undivided in what is divided, is knowledge of the nature of sattva.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जिस ज्ञान से व्यक्ति सब प्राणियों में एक अविनाशी भाव देखता है, विभक्तों में अविभक्त, वह ज्ञान सात्त्विक है।

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सर्वभूतेषु sarvabhūteṣu · in all beings (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”; bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”
येन yena · by which (pronoun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
एकम् ekam · one (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 227, col. 3 “one”
भावम् bhāvam · being, reality (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “becoming, being”
अव्ययम् avyayam · unchanging (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. a-vyaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 111, col. 3 “not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying”
ईक्षते īkṣate · one sees (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: īkṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 170, col. 1 “to see, look, view, behold, look at, gaze at”
अविभक्तम् avibhaktam · undivided (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-vibhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 109, col. 2 “undivided”
विभक्तेषु vibhakteṣu · in the divided (past participle (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: vi-bhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 977, col. 2 “divided, distributed among”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
विद्धि viddhi · know (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn, become or be acquainted with”
सात्त्विकम् sāttvikam · of sattva (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sāttvika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1200, col. 1 “relating to or endowed with the quality Sattva (i.e. ‘purity’ or ‘goodness’)”

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