Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.29
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.29 · 6 · Verse 29
Sanskrit Original
।।6.29।।स्वात्मनः परेषां च भूतानां प्रकृतिवियुक्तस्वरूपाणां ज्ञानैकाकारतया साम्याद् वैषम्यस्य च प्रकृतिगतत्वाद् योगयुक्तात्मा प्रकृतिवियुक्तेषु आत्मसु सर्वत्र ज्ञानैकाकारतया समदर्शनः सर्वभूतस्थं स्वात्मानं सर्वभूतानि च स्वात्मनि ईक्षते। सर्वभूतसमानाकारं स्वात्मानं स्वात्मसमानाकाराणि च सर्वभूतानि पश्यति इत्यर्थः। एकस्मिन् आत्मनि दृष्टे सर्वस्य आत्मवस्तुनः तत्साम्यात् सर्वम् आत्मवस्तु दृष्टं भवति इत्यर्थः। सर्वत्र समदर्शनः इति वचनात्योऽयं योगस्त्वयाः प्रोक्तः साम्येन (गीता 6।33) इत्यनुभाषणाच्चनिर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म (गीता 5।19) इति वचनाच्च।
6.29 (i) On account of the similarity between one self and other selves when They are separated from Prakrti (i.e., the body), all selves are by Themselves only of the nature of knowledge. Inealities pertain only to Prakrti or the bodies they are embodied in. One whose mind is fixed in Yoga has the experience of the sameness of the nature of all the selves as centres of intelligence, the perceived difference being caused only by the body. When separated from the body all are alike because of their being forms of centres of intelligence. An enlightened Yogin therefore sees himself as abiding in all beings and all beings abiding in his self in the sense that he sees the similarity of the selves in himself and in every being. When one self is visualised, all selves become visulaised, because of the similarity of all selves. This is supported by the statements: 'He sees sameness everywhere' (6.29). The same is again referred to in, 'This Yoga of eality which has been declared by you' (6.33), and the statement 'The Brahman when uncontaminated is the same everywhere' (5.19).