sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṃ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani
īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ
sarva-bhūta-stham | – | sarva-bhūta-stha 2n.1 m. – yo sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhati tam – who is situated in all beings (from: sarva – all, whole; √bhū – to be, PP bhūta – been, real, world; √sthā – to stand, stha – suffix: being in); |
ātmānam | – | ātman 2n.1 m. – self; |
sarva-bhūtāni | – | sarva-bhūta 2n.3 n.; KD: sarvāṇi bhūtānīti – all beings (from: sarva – all, whole; √bhū – to be, PP bhūta – been, real, world); |
ca | – | av. – and; |
ātmani | – | ātman 7n.1 m. – in the self; |
īkṣate | – | √īkṣ (to see) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – he sees; |
yoga-yuktātmā | – | yoga-yuktātman 1n.1 m.; BV: yasyātmā yoge yukto ‘sti saḥ – whose self is engaged in yoga (from: √yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy; PP yukta – yoked, endowed with, ātman – self); or: BV: yasyātmā yogena yukto ‘sti saḥ – whose self is engaged by yoga; |
sarvatra | – | av. – everywhere, in every case (from: sarva – all; indeclinable locative with an ending –tra); |
sama-darśanaḥ | – | sama-darśana 1n.1 m.; BV: yasya darśanaṁ samam asti saḥ – who has equal vision (from: sama – the same, equal, equivalent; √dṛś – to see, darśana – seeing, observing, vision); |
The second pada of verse BhG 6.29 is similar to the third pada of verse: īśāvāsyopaniṣad 6;
sarva-bhūta-sthaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthitaṃ svam ātmānaṃ sarva-bhūtāni ca ātmani brahmādīni stamba-paryantāni ca sarva-bhūtāni ātmany ekatāṃ gatāni īkṣate paśyati yoga-yuktātmā samāhitāntaḥ-karaṇaḥ sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ sarveṣu brahmādi-sthāvarānteṣu viṣameṣu sarva-bhūteṣu samaṃ nirviśeṣaṃ brahmātmaikatva-viṣayaṃ darśanaṃ jñānaṃ yasya sa sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ
svātmanaḥ pareṣām ca bhūtānāṃ prakṛtiviyuktasvarūpāṇāṃ jñānaikākāratayā sāmyād vaiṣamyasya ca prakṛtigatatvād yogayuktātmā prakṛtiviyukteṣv ātmasu sarvatra jñānaikākāratayā samadarśanaḥ sarvabhūtasthaṃ svātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni ca svātmanīkṣate sarvabhūtasamānākāraṃ svātmānaṃ svātmasamānākārāṇi ca sarvabhūtāni paśyatītyarthaḥ / ekasmin ātmani dṛṣṭe sarvasyātmavastunas tatsāmyāt sarvam ātmavastu dṛṣṭaṃ bhavatītyarthaḥ / „sarvatra samadarśanaḥ” iti vacanāt / „yo ‚yaṃ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena” ityanubhāṣaṇāc ca / „nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma” iti vacanāc ca
sarveṣu bhūteṣu sthāvara-jaṅgameṣu śarīreṣu bhoktṛtayā sthitam ekam eva vibhum ātmānaṃ pratyak-cetanaṃ sākṣiṇaṃ paramārtha-satyam ānanda-ghanaṃ sākṣyebhyo ‚nṛta-jaḍa-paricchinna-duḥkha-rūpebhyo vivekenekṣate sākṣātkaroti | tasmiṃś cātmani sākṣiṇi sarvāṇi bhūtāni sākṣyāṇy ādhyāsikena sambandhena bhogyatayā kalpitāni sākṣi-sākṣyayoḥ sambandhāntarānupapatter mithyā-bhūtāni paricchinnāni jaḍāni duḥkhātmakāni sākṣiṇo vivekenekṣate |
kaḥ ? yoga-yuktātmā yogena nirvikcāra-vaiśāradya-rūpeṇa yuktaṃ prasādaṃ prāpta ātmāntaḥkaraṇaṃ yasya sa tathā | tathā ca prāg evoktaṃ – nirvicāra-vaiśāradye ‚dhyātma-prasādaḥ [YogaS 1.47] ṛtaṃbharā tatra prajñā [YogaS 1.48] śrutānumāna-prajñābhyām anya-viṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt [YogaS 1.49] iti | tathā ca śabdānumānāgocara-yathārtha-viśeṣa-vastu-gocara-yoga-pratyakṣeṇa ṛtaṃbhara-saṃjñena yugapat sūkṣmaṃ vyavahitaṃ viprakṛṣṭaṃ ca sarvaṃ tulyam eva paśyatīti sarvatra samaṃ darśanaṃ yasyeti sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ sann ātmānam anātmānaṃ ca yoga-yuktātmā yathā-sthitam īkṣata iti yuktam |
athavā yo yoga-yuktātmā yo vā sarvatra-sama-darśanaḥ sa ātmānam īkṣata iti yogi-sama-darśināv ātmekṣaṇādhikāriṇāv uktau | yathā hi citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ sākṣi-sākṣātkāra-hetus tathā jaḍa-vivekena sarvānusyūta-caitanya-pṛthak-karaṇam api | nāvaśyaṃ yoga evāpekṣitaḥ | ata evāha vasiṣṭhaḥ –
dvau kramau citta-nāśasya yogo jñānaṃ ca rāghava |
yogo vṛtti-nirodho hi jñānaṃ samyag-avekṣaṇam ||
asādhyaḥ kasyacid yogaḥ kasyacit tattva-niścayaḥ |
prakārau dvau tato devo jagāda paramaḥ śivaḥ || iti |
citta-nāśasya sākṣiṇaḥ sakāśāt tad-upādhi-bhūta-cittasya pṛthak-karaṇāt tad-adarśanasya | tasyopāya-dvayam – eko ‚samprajñāta-samādhiḥ | samprajñāta-samādhau hi ātmaikākāra-vṛtti-pravāha-yuktam antaḥ-karaṇa-sattvaṃ sākṣiṇānubhūyate niruddha-sarva-vṛttikaṃ tūpaśāntatvān nānubhūyata iti viśeṣaḥ | dvitīyas tu sākṣiṇi kalpitaṃ sākṣyam anṛtatvān nāsty eva sākṣy eva tu paramārtha-satyaḥ kevalo vidyata iti vicāraḥ | tatra pratamam upāyaṃ prapañca-paramārthatā-vādino hairaṇyagarbhādayaḥ prapedire | teṣāṃ paramārthasya cittasyādarśanena sākṣi-darśane nirodhātiriktopāya-sambhavāt | śrīmac-chaṅkara-bhagavat-pūjya-pāda-matopajīvinas tv aupaniṣadāḥ prapañcānṛtatva-vādino dvitīyam evopāyam upeyuḥ | teṣāṃ hy adhiṣṭhāna-jñāna-dārḍhye sati tatra kalpitasya bādhitasya cittasya tad-dṛśyasya cādarśanam anāyāsenaivopapadyate | ataeva bhagavat-pūjya-pādāḥ kutrāpi brahma-vidāṃ yogāpekṣāṃ na vyutpādayāṃ babhūva | ataeva caupaniṣadāḥ paramahaṃsāḥ śraute vedānta-vākya-vicāra eva gurum upasṛtya pravartante brahma-sākṣātkārāya na tu yoge | vicāreṇaiva citta-doṣa-nirākaraṇena tasyānyathā-siddhatvād iti kṛtam adhikena