9.29

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु
न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः ।
ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या
मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥

samo 'haṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ
ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpy aham

Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन).

The verse

I am the same in all beings; none is to be hated by me and none is dear; but those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I am also in them.

नेपालीमा

म सबै प्राणीमा समान छु, मलाई कोही घृणा गर्नुपर्ने छैन र कोही प्रिय छैन। तर जसले भक्तिले मलाई पूजा गर्छन् तिनीहरू ममा छन्, र म पनि तिनीहरूमा छु।

Where it sits

The leaf was for anyone who offers it with devotion. This verse says the sameness is real, and the devotion still makes a dwelling. They are in him, and he is in them. 9.30 will push that as far as a very bad life.

Split: समः + अहम् + सर्व-भूतेषु + न + मे + द्वेष्यः + अस्ति + न + प्रियः + ये + भजन्ति + तु + माम् + भक्त्या + मयि + ते + तेषु + च + अपि + अहम्

samaḥ + aham + sarva-bhūteṣu + na + me + dveṣyaḥ + asti + na + priyaḥ + ye + bhajanti + tu + mām + bhaktyā + mayi + te + teṣu + ca + api + aham

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

देवनागरी	Word	Grammar	Sense
समः	samaḥ	nominative	the same, even.
अहम्	aham	nominative	I.
सर्व-भूतेषु	sarva-bhūteṣu	locative plural	in all beings.
न	na	indeclinable	not.
मे	me	genitive	for me, of me.
द्वेष्यः	dveṣyaḥ	nominative	one to be hated. Gerundive of dviṣ (द्विष्).
अस्ति	asti	present, 3rd singular	there is. as (अस्).
न	na	indeclinable	not.
प्रियः	priyaḥ	nominative	one who is dear.
ये	ye	nominative plural	who.
भजन्ति	bhajanti	present, 3rd plural	they worship.
तु	tu	indeclinable	but.
माम्	mām	accusative	me.
भक्त्या	bhaktyā	instrumental	with devotion.
मयि	mayi	locative of aham (अहम्)	in me.
ते	te	nominative plural	they.
तेषु	teṣu	locative plural	in them.
च	ca	indeclinable	and.
अपि	api	indeclinable	also.
अहम्	aham	nominative	I.

The phrases

samaḥ aham sarva-bhūteṣu (समः अहम् सर्व-भूतेषु) is sameness. He is the same in every being. na me dveṣyaḥ asti na priyaḥ (न मे द्वेष्यः अस्ति न प्रियः) spells the sameness out. For him there is no one who must be hated, and no one who is the dear one.

ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā (ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या) is the turn. tu (तु) does not cancel the sameness. It adds the worshippers. mayi te teṣu ca api aham (मयि ते तेषु च अपि अहम्) puts them in him and him in them.

Sanskrit in this line

समः + अहम् samaḥ + aham is samo 'ham (समोऽहम्). द्वेष्यः + अस्ति dveṣyaḥ + asti is dveṣyo 'sti (द्वेष्योऽस्ति). Both are अः + अ aḥ + a becoming o ' (ओऽ). One verse, two avagrahas, one rule.

Say it back

Cover the English. Say the sameness, then the worshippers in him. If the second half is dropped to protect the first, stay here.