Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 31
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।
तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥
Say ityadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyati
tata eva cha vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā
Translation
When a person sees all beings as resting in the One and emanating from the One alone, they then become Brahman.
Swami Sivananda
When one realizes that the state of diversity of living things is rooted in the One, and that their manifestation also comes from That, then one becomes identified with Brahman.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
When he perceives the independent modes of existence of all beings centered in one, and their expansion from it alone, then he attains Brahman.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
When he perceives the mutual difference of beings as abiding in One, and its expansion from That alone, at that time he becomes the Brahman.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One and growing forth from Him, shall indeed find the Absolute.
Shri Purohit Swami
जिस कालमें साधक प्राणियोंके अलग-अलग भावोंको एक प्रकृतिमें ही स्थित देखता है और उस प्रकृतिसे ही उन सबका विस्तार देखता है, उस कालमें वह ब्रह्मको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
यह पुरुष जब भूतों के पृथक् भावों को एक (परमात्मा) में स्थित देखता है तथा उस (परमात्मा) से ही यह विस्तार हुआ जानता है, तब वह ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.