Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Yoga, verse 6
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।
तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥
Say ityathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān
tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānītyupadhāraya
Translation
As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.
Swami Sivananda
Understand thus that just as the voluminous wind, moving everywhere, is ever present in space, similarly all beings abide in Me.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
As the powerful element air, moving everywhere, ever remains in the ether, know that so too all beings abide in Me.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Just as the mighty wind exists in the ether, always moving therein everywhere, in the same manner all beings exist in Me. Be sure of it.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place except in space, so all these beings have no home except in Me.
Shri Purohit Swami
जैसे सब जगह विचरनेवाली महान् वायु नित्य ही आकाशमें स्थित रहती है, ऐसे ही सम्पूर्ण प्राणी मुझमें ही स्थित रहते हैं -- ऐसा तुम मान लो।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जैसे सर्वत्र विचरण करने वाली महान् वायु सदा आकाश में स्थित रहती हैं, वैसे ही सम्पूर्ण भूत मुझमें स्थित हैं, ऐसा तुम 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.