Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyaas Yoga, verse 20
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते।
अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥
Say itsarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate
avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam
Translation
That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.
Swami Sivananda
Know that knowledge to originate from sattva, through which one sees a single, undecaying, undivided entity in all the diversified things.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Know that knowledge to be sattvika, by which one sees in all beings an immutable existence, undivided even in the divided.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
That instrument of knowledge, by means of which one perceives the singular, immutable existence in all beings, the unclassified among the classified ones—that you must know to be born of the Sattva (Strand).
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
That knowledge which sees the One Indestructible in all beings, the One Indivisible in all separate lives, can be truly called Pure Knowledge.
Shri Purohit Swami
जिस ज्ञानके द्वारा साधक सम्पूर्ण विभक्त प्राणियोंमें विभागरहित एक अविनाशी भाव-(सत्ता-) को देखता है, उस ज्ञानको तुम सात्त्विक समझो।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जिस ज्ञान से मनुष्य, विभक्त रूप में स्थित समस्त भूतों में एक अविभक्त और अविनाशी (अव्यय) स्वरूप को देखता है, उस ज्ञान को तुम सात्त्विक जानो।
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.