13.31

Sanskrit

यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति । तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥

yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvam ekastham anupaśyati tata eva ca vistāraṃ brahma sampadyate tadā

Translation

When he perceiveth the diversified existence of beings as rooted in One, and spreading forth from it, then he reacheth the Eternal

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

A shift from the self’s non-agency to a unity claim: seeing the diversified existence of beings as rooted in a single source, and as spreading forth from it, is what leads to Brahman. It’s the positive complement to verse 30 — not just “the self doesn’t act,” but “the multiplicity of selves and things is itself grounded in one thing” — bringing the chapter’s dualist prakriti/purusha language back toward the non-dual note verse 13 opened on.