Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 13, Verse 31
Verse 31
Hard VerseThe Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
When one perceives the diverse existence of all beings as resting in the One, and sees their expansion from that One alone — then one attains Brahman.
Context & Meaning
The moment of Brahman-realisation is described: when one sees all the diversity of beings as resting in the One (ekastham — in a single locus), and sees the entire expansion of the universe as emerging from that One alone — in that moment, one becomes Brahman. This is not a future event but an immediate transformation of perception. The world does not change; the seeing changes. The same universe that appeared as chaos, as multiplicity, as separation — is suddenly seen as the one Brahman expressing itself in an infinity of forms.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainAdi Shankaracharya
AdvaitaBrahma sampadyate — one attains, becomes Brahman. Not "attains Brahman as an object" but "becomes Brahman." This is the most radical statement of non-dual realisation: the seeker does not find Brahman outside themselves but discovers that they were always Brahman. The seeing of unity is not a vision that Brahman has — it is what Brahman is.