Chapter 6: Dhyāna-yoga: – Yoga through Meditation and ContemplationVerse 31
सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थित: ।
सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥
English Transliteration
sarva-bhūta-sthitaṃ yo māṃ
bhajaty-ekatvam-āsthita:
sarvathā vartamāno’pi
sa yogī mayi vartate – 6.31
Translation
He who worships (knows) Me, the Supreme, as the One established in all beings, all forms of existence and expression, verily resides in Me, no matter whatever he does and in whichever manner he lives.
Chanting Audio
Chapter 6: Dhyāna-yoga: – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation - Verse 31
Ma Gurupriya
Commentary
Self-realization is meant to take away the constrictions of the mind and imbue purity and expansion to the individual. The earlier two verses explained how the Self is so extensive and pervading, that all beings are verily abiding in it, and the Self too abides in all of them.
What is true of the Self is equally so with God, who is but a synonym for the Self. To see God in all and all in God is a great expansion and feeling of oneness for the seeker. This is far above absorptional meditation.
Krishna goes a step further. Seeing the Lord as abiding in all beings, the yogi is established in the truth of Oneness. Worship becomes one of recognizing this Oneness, enfolding everything and all. This enables the yogi to live freely and immaculately. No more has he any constriction in him. He is linked to the Supreme in and through everything he thinks, speaks and does!
