Word meanings
- samaḥ
- equally disposed
- aham
- I
- sarva-bhūteṣu
- to all living beings
- na
- no one
- me
- to me
- dveṣyaḥ
- inimical
- asti
- is
- na
- not
- priyaḥ
- dear
- ye
- who
- bhajanti
- worship with love
- tu
- but
- mām
- me
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- mayi
- reside in me
- te
- such persons
- teṣu
- in them
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- aham
- I
Translations
I am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me, and I am also in them.
I am the same to all beings; I do not favour any, nor do I hate any. However, those who worship Me devotedly, they live in Me and I in them.
I am impartial towards all beings; to Me there is none detestable or none dear. But those who worship Me with devotion, they exist in Me, and I too exist in them.
मैं सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें समान हूँ। उन प्राणियोंमें न तो कोई मेरा द्वेषी है और न कोई प्रिय है। परन्तु जो भक्तिपूर्वक मेरा भजन करते हैं, वे मेरेमें हैं और मैं उनमें हूँ।Commentary
The Lord has an even outlook towards all. He regards all living beings alike. None He has condemned, none has He favoured. He is the enemy of none. He is the partial lover of none. He does not favour some and frown on others. The egoistic man only has created a wide gulf between himself and the Supreme Being by his wrong attitude. The Lord is closer to him that his own breath, nearer than his hands and feet.I am like fire. Just as fire removes cold from those who draw near it but does not remove the cold from those who keep away from it, even so I bestow My grace on My devotees, but not owing to any sort of attachment on My part.
Just as the light of the sun, though pervading everywhere, is reflected only in a clean mirror but not in a pot, so also I, the Supreme Lord, present everywhere, manifest Myself only in those persons from whose minds all kinds of impurities (which have accumulated there on account of ignorance) have been removed by their devotion. The sun has neither attachment for the mirror nor hatred for the pot. The Kalpavriksha has neither hatred nor love for people. It bestows the desired objects only on those who go near it.
(Cf.VII.17XII.14and20)Now hear the glory of devotion to Me.