Bhagavad Gita 6.31 Meaning: Sarvabhutasthitam yo mam

Bhagavad Gita 6.31

सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः ।सर्वथा वर्त्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥

Sarvabhutasthitam yo mam bhajatyekatvamasthitahSarvatha varttamanopi sa yogi mayi vartate

sarvabhūtasthitaṃ yo māṃ bhajatyekatvamāsthitaḥ |sarvathā varttamāno’pi sa yogī mayi vartate ||

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Our explanation The yogī who, standing in oneness (ekatva), worships Krishna as present in all beings, lives in Krishna, Krishna says, whatever his way of life.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो योगी एकत्व में स्थित होकर उन्हें सब प्राणियों में स्थित मानकर भजता है, वह किसी भी प्रकार से रहे, कृष्ण में ही रहता है।

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सर्वभूतस्थितम् sarvabhūtasthitam · present in all beings (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sarva-bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1186, col. 2 “all beings”; sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
भजति bhajati · worships (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
एकत्वम् ekatvam · oneness (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: eka-tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 228, col. 1 “oneness, unity, union, coincidence, identity”
आस्थितः āsthitaḥ · standing in (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ā-sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 161, col. 2 “staying or sitting on, dwelling on, abiding”
सर्वथा sarvathā · in every way (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “in every way, in ev° respect, by all means”
वर्त्तमानः varttamānaḥ · living (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. vṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1009, col. 1 “to be, live, exist, be found, remain, stay, abide, dwell”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
योगी yogī · that yogī (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
मयि mayi · in "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
वर्तते vartate · lives (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1009, col. 1 “to be, live, exist, be found, remain, stay, abide, dwell”

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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

Spelling A digital text reads Same word. The 1922 edition writes वर्त्तमानो with a doubled त after र, an accepted optional spelling (Pāṇini 8.4.46); this e-text and another digital text write वर्तमानो. The same verse's वर्तते is printed with one त.

Cf. Îsopanishad, p. 13. ↩

'Even abandoning all action,' says Srîdhara; and cf. infra, p. 105. ↩

Cf. Îsopanishad, p. 13. ↩

'Even abandoning all action,' says Srîdhara; and cf. infra, p. 105. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 6.31: meaning and translation

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