Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् ।
न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥२९॥
samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra
samavasthitam īśvaram
na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ
tato yāti parāṁ gatim
Word for word (synonyms)
- samam
- equally
- paśyan
- seeing
- hi
- certainly
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- samavasthitam
- equally situated
- īśvaram
- Supersoul
- na
- does not
- hinasti
- degrade
- ātmanā
- by the mind
- ātmānam
- the soul
- tataḥ yāti
- then reaches
- parām
- the transcendental
- gatim
- destination
Translation
One who sees the Supersoul in every living being and equal everywhere does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination.
Purport
The living entity, by accepting his material existence as just so much suffering, can become situated in his spiritual existence. If one understands that the Supreme is situated in His Paramātmā manifestation everywhere, that is, if one can see the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every living thing, he does not degrade himself, and he therefore gradually advances in the spiritual world. The mind is generally addicted to self-centered processes; but when the mind turns to the Supersoul, one becomes advanced in spiritual understanding.
What this verse teaches
Result of such mature vision
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.