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Chapter 13 · Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness · 35 verses

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.

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Soul & knowledgeChapter 13 · Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness

13.28 13.30

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 13.29

Seeing rightly the body, soul and the Supreme

Īśvara · God

समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् ।

न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ २९ ॥

samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra

samavasthitam īśvaram

na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ

tato yāti parāṁ gatim

Translation

One who sees the Supersoul equally present everywhere, in every living being, does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

3 study points

Seeing the Supersoul Everywhere

1
One who sees the Supersoul equally in every living being does not degrade himself by his mind and approaches the spiritual destination.
2
Prabhupāda explains that seeing the Supreme Lord in every living thing prevents a destructive mentality and leads gradually to the spiritual world.
3
Turn your mind from sense gratification to the Supersoul to grow in spiritual understanding.

Key points from the purport

Thus seeing in proper knowledge, one does not degrade himself by pursuing selfish desires of the mind; but one approaches the transcendental destination

Current situation of living entity — One has situated himself differently than in spiritual world

Role of mind — Mind is generally addicted to sense gratification; When the mind turns to the Supersoul, one becomes advanced

Jnana-Chakshu: The Vision Of Knowledge

Those who see the distinction between the body, its owner and the Supersoul, and who recognize the process of liberation, can attain the Supreme goal (13.35)

Chapter 13, section V: Jnana-Chakshu: The Vision Of Knowledge