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Chapter 6 · Verse 31 · Dhyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 6.31

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Sanskrit

सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः। सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते।।6.31।।

Transliteration

sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajatyekatvam āsthitaḥ sarvathā vartamāno ’pi sa yogī mayi vartate

Word by Word

sarva-bhūta-sthitam situated in all beings
yaḥ who
mām me
bhajati worships
ekatvam in unity
āsthitaḥ established
sarvathā in all kinds of
varta-mānaḥ remain
api although
saḥ he
yogī a yogi
mayi in me
vartate dwells
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate secret of yoga: to see the Divine dwelling equally in all beings, and to worship that unified presence while moving through the world. This is not escapism into caves, but the integration of divine recognition into every moment of action and relationship.

When you meet another person, a creature, even a challenge—you meet God wearing that form. For the modern seeker caught between meditation and duty, this verse dissolves the false choice: you remain a yogi precisely by acting fully while seeing only the One.

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Bhagavad Gita 6.31 — BG 6.31

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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