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 6, Verse 29
Verse 29
Hard VerseThe Yoga of Meditation
A true yogi observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized person sees Me, the same Supreme Lord, everywhere.
Context & Meaning
The realized yogi sees with the eye of yoga: the Self in all beings, and all beings in the Self. This double vision — inward and outward simultaneously — is the perfect equal-sightedness of the liberated person.
Scholar Commentaries
2 commentaries · Public domainAdi Shankaracharya
Advaita VedantaThis verse describes the experiential summit of Advaita: seeing Atman everywhere and everything in Atman. It is not a metaphorical statement but a description of direct perception. The realized person does not think "God is in that person" — they directly see the same undivided Consciousness appearing as all forms, the way a dreamer recognizes that all dream-figures are made of the same awareness.
Ramanujacharya
VishishtadvaitaFor Ramanuja, this equal vision does not erase the distinction between the individual soul and the Supreme, nor between one soul and another. Rather, the yogi sees the same Supreme dwelling within every individual soul as their inner Self. This is not identity of all things, but the recognition that the Divine pervades and sustains every being — a vision of unity-in-diversity.