Sarva-bhutasthitam Yo Mam

Here Krishna makes a remarkably generous statement. The yogi who worships Me as present in all beings, established in the awareness of oneness — that yogi abides in Me. And then the generous part: 'sarvatha vartamano'pi' — however that person may live.

However they live. Cooking dinner. Driving to work. Changing a child's clothes. Tending a shop. If the inner awareness is there — the sense that the same Divine presence fills every being — then that person is living in Krishna, regardless of outer circumstances. Yoga is not limited to a meditation cushion.

This shloka quietly demolishes the idea that spiritual life requires withdrawal from the world. The yogi established in oneness carries that awareness into every ordinary moment.

Shlokas 6.29, 6.30, and 6.31 form a progression. First, seeing the Self in all beings (jnana). Then, seeing Krishna everywhere (bhakti). Now, worshipping Krishna in all beings while living an ordinary life (integration). The movement is from vision to devotion to daily practice.

The Narada Bhakti Sutra describes 'sarvatma-bhava' — the feeling of the Self in all — as the highest form of devotion. This shloka expresses that same idea.