Sanskrit · Devanagari
समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्। विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882He sees (truly) who sees the supreme lord abiding alike in all entities
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।13.28।। --,समं निर्विशेषं तिष्ठन्तं स्थितिं कुर्वन्तम् क्व सर्वेषु समस्तेषु भूतेषु ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तेषु प्राणिषु कम् परमेश्वरं देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्ध्यव्यक्तात्मनः अपेक्ष्य परमेश्वरः? तं सर्वेषु भूतेषु समं तिष्ठन्तम्। तानि विशिनष्टि विनश्यत्सु इति? तं च परमेश्वरम् अविनश्यन्तम् इति? भूतानां परमेश्वरस्य च अत्यन्तवैलक्षण्यप्रदर्शनार्थम्। कथम् सर्वेषां हि भावविकाराणां जनिलक्षणः भावविकारो मूलम् जन्मोत्तरकालभाविनः अन्ये सर्वे भावविकाराः विनाशान्ताः विनाशात् परो न कश्चित् अस्ति भावविकारः? भावाभावात्। सति हि धर्मिणि धर्माः भवन्ति। अतः अन्त्यभावविकाराभावानुवादेन पूर्वभाविनः सर्वे भावविकाराः प्रतिषिद्धाः भवन्ति सह कार्यैः। तस्मात् सर्वभूतैः वैलक्षण्यम् अत्यन्तमेव परमेश्वरस्य सिद्धम्? निर्विशेषत्वम् एकत्वं च। यः एवं यथोक्तं परमेश्वरं पश्यति? सः पश्यति।।ननु सर्वोऽपि लोकः पश्यति? किं विशेषणेन इति। सत्यं पश्यति किं तु विपरीतं पश्यति। अतः विशिनष्टि -- स एव पश्यतीति। यथा तिमिरदृष्टिः अनेकं चन्द्रं पश्यति? तमपेक्ष्य एकचन्द्रदर्शी विशिष्यते -- स एव पश्यतीति तथा इहापि एकम् अविभक्तं यथोक्तं आत्मानं यः पश्यति? सः विभक्तानेकात्मविपरीतदर्शिभ्यः विशिष्यते -- स एव पश्यतीति। इतरे पश्यन्तोऽपि न पश्यन्ति? विपरीतदर्शित्वात् अनेकचन्द्रदर्शिवत् इत्यर्थः।।यथोक्तस्य सम्यग्दर्शनस्य फलवचनेन स्तुतिः कर्तव्या इति श्लोकः आरभ्यते --,
1c3ae2e3b76d…Rāmānuja
13.28 He who sees the Atman as It really is - he is the one who sees the Atman as a distinct entity in all embodied beings that are composed of Prakrti and Purusa, even in bodies of diverse nature of gods, men etc. The true seer is one who sees the Atman as the supreme ruler in all these bodies as the imperishable self, though the bodies are subject to destruction. Conversely the purport is that he who sees the Atman, only as characterised by the uneal forms of the bodies as men, gods etc., and as possessed of birth, death etc. - such a person is perpetually caught up in transmigratory existence.
2e51cdfa1f55…Swami Sivananda
13.28 समम् eally? सर्वेषु (in) all? भूतेषु in beings? तिष्ठन्तम् existing? परमेश्वरम् the Supreme Lord? विनश्यस्तु among the perishing? अविनश्यन्तम् the unperishing? यः who? पश्यति sees? सः he? पश्यति sees.Commentary He who beholds the Supreme Lord through the inner eye of wisdom? Him Who is seated in all beings from the Creator down to the unmoving objects and Who is not destroyed even when all beings are destroyed? he is said to have realised the Self.In different kinds of fire? the heat is the same. Gold is the same in different forms of ornaments. The light from many lamps is the same. So also in all living being?s the soul is the same. The soul or the Self is uniform everywhere. The Self is the same in ants? elephants? kings? beggars? saints and rogues.The Self is indestructible all living beings are perishable. It is the Supreme Lord when compared to the body? senses? mind? intellect? the Unmanifested Nature and the individual soul.Birth is the root cause of the BhavaVikaras or the modifications? viz.? change? growth? decay and death. The other changes of state manifest themselves after the birth of the body.The Supreme Lord is one and changeless as He is birthless? decayless and deathless. He is the one common consciousness in all beings. He sees rightly who sees the Supreme Lord as now described. He is a Jivanmukta. He has knowledge of the knower of the field or the immortal Self. He is the real seer or a liberated sage.The sage alone sees properly on account of knowledge. The whole world sees erroneously on account of ignorance. He who is suffering from defective vision beholds many moons. He sees erroneously. But he who sees one moon only sees in the proper manner? correctly. Even so he who beholds the one immortal indivisible Self in all beings really sees the Truth. He alone sees. He who sees many distinct selves erroneously does not really see though he sees. He is like the man who beholds many moons. (Cf.VIII.20
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