A core teaching · devotional in mood · builds on earlier teachings
“Unity turns every action into abiding presence.”
The yogi who abides in unity and worships Me in all beings lives in Me, even while acting in every way.
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A person who sees the divine in every being and lives in that oneness remains rooted in the divine, even while going through ordinary activity.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Dhyana Yoga" (The Yoga of Meditation).
Verse 31 sits in Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita — Dhyana Yoga, "The Yoga of Meditation". The chapter has 47 verses in total.
You work long hours as a ward nurse, washing, lifting and feeding strangers. If you see Krishna in each patient, he says, you live in him through all of it, however ordinary the work.
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Worshipping Krishna as present in every being, the yogi grounded in oneness lives in him, whatever work he does.
What this verse means
A person who sees the divine in every being and lives in that oneness remains rooted in the divine, even while going through ordinary activity.
Context & commentary
After teaching Arjuna to see the same presence in every being, Krishna says that the one who lives in that unity is never separate from Him, even while acting.
What it looks like today
You work long hours as a ward nurse, washing, lifting and feeding strangers. If you see Krishna in each patient, he says, you live in him through all of it, however ordinary the work.
“You do not have to leave the world to stay connected. Ordinary action can become sacred when your vision changes.”