Chapter 13 · Verse 31 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.31
Sanskrit
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।
Transliteration
yadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyati tata eva cha vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā
In plain words
When someone has hurt you deeply—betrayed your trust, fed their addiction at your expense, turned cold when you needed them—the poison lives in the story you tell about who they are. Krishna says: the same Divine life that animates you animates them too, even in their brokenness, even in their cruelty. Seeing this doesn't excuse them or require you to stay. It frees you from the prison of contempt.
Word by Word
When the eye of wisdom opens and you recognize the same Divine Presence dwelling equally in all beings—the beggar and the king, the insect and the sage—you have touched the threshold of Brahman itself. This is not intellectual knowledge but direct seeing, a shift in perception so complete that separation dissolves.
In modern life, this means pausing when judgment arises and asking: what if the consciousness behind their eyes is the same consciousness behind mine?
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Bhagavad Gita 13.31 — BG 13.31
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