The Bhagavad Gita

700 shlokas of Krishna's counsel to Arjuna — in Sanskrit, with transliteration, word-by-word meaning, and plain explanations of what each verse asks of us today.

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Bhagavad Gita 13.31 — When a man sees the whole variety of beings as resting in the One, and spreading forth from That alo
Bhagavad Gita 13.31 · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति | तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ||१३-३१||

When a man sees the whole variety of beings as resting in the One, and spreading forth from That alone, he then becomes Brahman.

In this verse, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that true spiritual realization occurs when one perceives all living beings as existing within a single Supreme Reality and recognizes their diversity as an emanation from That source alone. When the mind stops seeing separation and instead sees unity in everything, the individual soul merges with Brahman, or ultimate truth. This teaches that enlightenment is not about escaping the world but understanding its true nature behind the illusion of difference.

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1 Arjuna Vishada Yoga Arjuna's Despair 47 2 Sankhya Yoga Transcendental Knowledge 72 3 Karma Yoga The Path of Action 43 4 Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action 42 5 Karma Sanyasa Yoga The Path of Renunciation 29 6 Dhyana Yoga The Path of Meditation 47 7 Jnana Vijnana Yoga Knowledge and Wisdom 30 8 Akshara Brahma Yoga The Imperishable Brahman 28 9 Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga The Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret 34 10 Vibhuti Yoga The Divine Glories 42 11 Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga The Vision of the Cosmic Form 55 12 Bhakti Yoga The Path of Devotion 20 13 Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga The Field and the Knower of the Field 35 14 Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga The Three Modes of Nature 27 15 Purushottama Yoga The Supreme Person 20 16 Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga The Divine and the Demonic Natures 24 17 Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga The Three Divisions of Faith 28 18 Moksha Sanyasa Yoga Liberation through Renunciation 78

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