Chapter 6 · Verse 31 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.31
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
In plain words
When someone wounds you—a spouse, a parent, a person who broke your heart—you see only their cruelty, their selfishness, their betrayal. But Krishna says: that person is also God wearing a human mask, struggling and blind just like you are. This doesn't excuse their harm or ask you to stay in danger; it means you can release the poison of rage you're drinking, because you've recognized the same divine spark in them that lives in you. That recognition is the secret that frees you.
Word by Word
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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