SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
sarvabhUthEshu yEnaikam bhAvam avyayam IkshathE |
avibhaktham vibhakthEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi sAthvikam ||
word-by-word meaning
yEna – That gyAnam (knowledge)
vibhakthEshu – many different types of qualities
sarva bhUthEshu – in all creatures (having classifications such as brAhmaNa, kshathriya etc, who are engaged in karma)
avibhaktham – not being different (in qualities such as colour, form etc)
avyayam – unchanging
Ekam bhAvam – AthmA, which is in a singular state (not being different based on the species etc)
IkshathE – is seen
thath gyAnam – that knowledge
sAthvikam vidhdhi – know as “sAthvika gyAnam”
Simple Translation
Know as “sAthvika gyAnam”, that gyAnam (knowledge), by which one sees the AthmA, which is not being different (in qualities such as colour, form etc), unchanging and is in a singular state (not being different based on the species etc), and which is in all creatures (having classifications such as brAhmaNa, kshathriya etc, who are engaged in karma).
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘That knowledge, know, is Sātvika, by which one sees the one indestructible reality in all beings, —the indivisible in the divisible.’
The division among beings is the division as Brāhmaṇas (the hierarchy), Kshatriyas (the royalty) etc., (Brahmachāri (student), Gṛihastha (householder) etc., who are all qualified for performing works; and also the divisions (or differences) numerous such as white, tall etc. Seeing the one reality is seeing the oneness of the essence of ātma, and seeing it as indivisible is by reason of all ātma sharing in common the one attribute of intelligence; and seeing it as indestructible or unchangeable amid the destructible or changeable bodies such as that of a Brāhmaṇa etc., and also seeing that while in the capacity of performing an act (or ceremony) that the actor (—ātma) has no interest in the fruit of that act. This kind of Knowledge is Sātvika.
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