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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.20

Lesson 330 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

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥyaḥ sa sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu naśhyatsu na vinaśhyati

Sandhi-vicheda

paraḥ+tasmāt+tu+bhāvaḥ+anyaḥ+avyaktaḥ+avyaktāt+sanātanaḥ+yaḥ+saḥ+sarveṣhu+bhūteṣhu+naśhyatsu+na+vinaśhyati

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Meaning of each word

paraḥsource form

transcendental

tasmātsource form

than that

tusource form

but

bhāvaḥsource form

creation

anyaḥsource form

another

avyaktaḥsource form

unmanifest

avyaktātsource form

to the unmanifest

sanātanaḥsource form

eternal

yaḥsource form

who

saḥsource form

that

sarveṣhusource form

all

bhūteṣhusource form

in beings

naśhyatsusource form

cease to exist

nasource form

never

vinaśhyatisource form

is annihilated

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

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।8.20।। --,परः व्यतिरिक्तः भिन्नः कुतः तस्मात् पूर्वोक्तात्। तुशब्दः अक्षरस्य विवक्षितस्य अव्यक्तात् वैलक्षण्यविशेषणार्थः। भावः अक्षराख्यं परं ब्रह्म। व्यतिरिक्तत्वे सत्यपि सालक्षण्यप्रसङ्गोऽस्तीति तद्विनिवृत्त्यर्थम् आह -- अन्यः इति। अन्यः विलक्षणः।,स च अव्यक्तः अनिन्द्रियगोचरः। परस्तस्मात् इत्युक्तम् कस्मात् पुनः परः पूर्वोक्तात् भूतग्रामबीजभूतात् अविद्यालक्षणात् अव्यक्तात्। अन्यः विलक्षणः भावः इत्यभिप्रायः। सनातनः चिरन्तनः यः सः भावः सर्वेषु भूतेषु ब्रह्मादिषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.20

Course position330 / 701

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