Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field

Bhagavad Gita 13.27

समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् । विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥

samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram | vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati ||

One who sees the supreme Lord dwelling equally in all beings, the imperishable among those that perish, truly sees.

Modern context

'One who sees the imperishable among those that perish truly sees.' Everything around us is passing. Bodies age, buildings crumble, relationships change. To see, within all this, something that does not pass is to see truly. Ordinary seeing catches only the surface; real seeing reaches through to what lasts.