Verse-29
Chapter 6 — Atma Sanyam Yoga
Verse 29
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṁ sarvabhūtāni câtmani
īkşate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanah
🕉 English Translation
Samdrishti hai jiski sab mein bani,
Hai yoga mein jiski vritti jami.
Dekhe weh sab jeevo mein apne ko,
Sabhi jeevo ko dekhe apne aap mein woh.
📜 Translation
English
The one who sees his own Self everywhere and whose mind is harmonized by the yoga of meditation, sees his own Self abiding in all beings and sees all the beings in his own Self.
By persistent practice if the state becomes that of a being abiding in the Self, the inclination becomes totally immersed in yoga; this divine state is a natural and normal accomplishment for him. The Supreme in any case is fulfilled everywhere. Every particle is in Him and He is in every particle. When the creation was not in existence who was there? Just the Supreme Reality and just the Supreme Reality! After creation where is the world existing? In the Lord. Where is the Supreme Reality? In this creation; in every particle of this creation! 'This is the Truth' and 'this is the essence'. The very evident but at the same time unrevealed mystery of relationship between the creator and the creation is this.
Unrevealed because even when it is evident, being under the influence of ignorance are moving around bewildered and deluded by it; who has this in mind or has experienced this? who is responsible for the greenery of trees? The fragrance in flowers and the juice in fruit our to whom? Who is the illuminator of the sun and the moon? Who is the consciousness in the body consisting of flesh, bones and skin? He is the one and undoubtedly He is. But only that person can observe this who has by practising the yoga of meditation, by washing away his inner impurities, unifies his inner-self with the Supreme consciousness. This experience is his-
The nature of the Supreme that is the essence of Supreme consciousness is this only. There is no differentiation at all anywhere. The inner soul consciousness and externally the all-pervading Supreme consciousness are not two different things but are one and the same. The inner-self contains only the covering or the veil. In a large tub of water is kept a small container. Inside it is water and also outside it; all around everywhere, inside, outside, above and below, in front and the back, in the left and the right there is only water. But the water is the same everywhere with no distinction. The container lying in the water is like a covering! Once this covering is removed, broken then the same water will be found inside as well as outside! Just this is the experience which becomes the natural state of the being abiding in yoga. The experience of this very state is being described by the preacher of the Gita with great intimacy in the following verses-