Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.18

Lesson 328 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

The imperishable, remembrance and life’s final orientation. How does sustained remembrance shape the direction of a life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyahar-āgamerātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-sanjñake

Sandhi-vicheda

avyaktāt+vyaktayaḥ+sarvāḥ+prabhavanti+ahaḥ-āgame+rātri-āgame+pralīyante+tatra+eva+avyakta-sanjñake

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Meaning of each word

avyaktātsource form

from the unmanifested

vyaktayaḥsource form

the manifested

sarvāḥsource form

all

prabhavantisource form

emanate

ahaḥ-āgamesource form

at the advent of Brahma’s day

rātri-āgamesource form

at the fall of Brahma’s night

pralīyantesource form

they dissolve

tatrasource form

into that

evasource form

certainly

avyakta-sanjñakesource form

in that which is called the unmanifest

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

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।।8.18।। --,अव्यक्तात् अव्यक्तं प्रजापतेः स्वापावस्था तस्मात् अव्यक्तात् व्यक्तयः व्यज्यन्त इति व्यक्तयः स्थावरजङ्गमलक्षणाः सर्वाः प्रजाः प्रभवन्ति अभिव्यज्यन्ते अह्नः आगमः अहरागमः तस्मिन् अहरागमे काले ब्रह्मणः प्रबोधकाले। तथा रात्र्यागमे ब्रह्मणः स्वापकाले प्रलीयन्ते सर्वाः व्यक्तयः तत्रैव पूर्वोक्ते अव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।अकृताभ्यागमकृतविप्रणाशदोषपरिहारार्थम् बन्धमोक्षशास्त्रप्रवृत्तिसाफल्यप्रदर्शनार्थम् अविद्यादिक्लेशमूलकर्माशयवशाच्च अवशः भूतग्रामः भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते इत्यतः संसारे वैराग्यप्रदर्शनार्थं च इदमाह --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.18

Course position328 / 701

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