BG 18.20

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।
अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥
sarva-bhūteṣu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣate
avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

Word-for-word meanings

yena — [the knowledge] by which;  īkṣate — one sees;  ekam — one;  avyayam — imperishable;  avibhaktam — [and] indivisible;  bhāvam — reality;  vibhakteṣu — in all the diverse;  sarva-bhūteṣu — species of life;  viddhi — know;  tat — that;  jñānam — knowledge;  sāttvikam — to be sāttvika.

Translation

The knowledge by which one sees one imperishable and indivisible reality in all the diverse species of life — know that knowledge to be sāttvika.

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