समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः | ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्
samo.ahaṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo.asti na priyaḥ . ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham
Je suis impartial envers tous les êtres ; pour Moi, il n'y a personne de détestable ni personne de cher. Mais ceux qui M'adorent avec dévotion, ils résident en Moi, et Je réside aussi en eux.
I am impartial towards all beings; to Me there is none detastable or none dear. But those who worship Me with devotion, they exist in Me, and I too exist in them.
Le Seigneur a une vision égale envers tous les êtres. Il ne condamne personne et ne favorise personne. Il n'est l'ennemi de personne et n'a pas de favori. C'est l'homme égoïste qui crée une distance entre lui et l'Être Suprême par son attitude erronée. Le Seigneur est comme le feu qui réchauffe ceux qui s'en approchent, ou comme la lumière du soleil qui se reflète dans un miroir propre mais pas dans une jarre. De même, le Seigneur, bien que présent partout, se manifeste seulement dans ceux dont l'esprit a été purifié de toutes les impuretés par leur dévotion. Il n'y a ni attachement ni haine de Sa part ; Il accorde Sa grâce à ceux qui s'approchent de Lui avec dévotion.
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.