ekam

व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे

ekam — one

Your words seem to point two ways, and they confuse me. Tell me plainly which one thing will lead me to the good.

संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि

ekam — one

You praise the renunciation of action, Krishna, and then you praise yoga. Which of the two is better? Tell me clearly.

सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः

ekam — in one

Children say that renunciation and yoga are different things; the learned do not. Whoever is truly established in one gains the fruit of both.

यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते

ekam — one

The place reached by renunciation is reached by yoga as well. One who sees that renunciation and yoga are one, sees.

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः

eka-agram — one-pointed

there, making the mind one-pointed, restraining the movements of mind and senses, seated, one should practise yoga for the purifying of the self.

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते

eka — exclusively

Of these, the one who knows — always steady, devoted to the one thing — stands out. I am dear to that person, and that person is dear to me.

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्

eka-akṣharam — one syllabled

uttering the single syllable Om — Brahman — and remembering me, one who departs on leaving the body goes to the highest.

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन

eka — by one

But what need is there of all this detail, Arjuna? I stand supporting this whole world with a single part of myself.

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्

eka-stham — assembled together

See here, gathered in one place, the whole world, moving and unmoving — and whatever else you wish to see, in this body of mine.

तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा

eka-stham — established in one place

There, in the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw the whole world gathered in one place, divided into many.

यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति

eka-stham — situated in the same place

When one sees that the separate states of beings rest in one, and spread out from that one, then one reaches the highest.

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते

ekam — one

That knowledge by which one sees one imperishable nature in all beings, undivided in the divided, is of clarity.

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज

ekam — only

Let go of every duty and take refuge in me alone. I will free you from all wrongdoing. Do not grieve.

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा

eka-agreṇa chetasā — with a concentrated mind

Have you heard this with a mind gathered to one point, son of Pritha? Has your confusion, born of unknowing, gone?