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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.21

Lesson 331 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

अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

avyakto ’kṣhara ityuktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatimyaṁ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama

Sandhi-vicheda

avyaktaḥ+akṣharaḥ+iti+uktaḥ+tam+āhuḥ+paramām+gatim+yam+prāpya+na+nivartante+tat+dhāma+paramam+mama

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Meaning of each word

avyaktaḥsource form

unmanifest

akṣharaḥsource form

imperishable

itisource form

thus

uktaḥsource form

is said

tamsource form

that

āhuḥsource form

is called

paramāmsource form

the supreme

gatimsource form

destination

yamsource form

which

prāpyasource form

having reached

nasource form

never

nivartantesource form

come back

tatsource form

that

dhāmasource form

abode

paramamsource form

the supreme

mamasource form

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

।।8.21।। --,योऽसौ अव्यक्तः अक्षरः इत्युक्तः तमेव अक्षरसंज्ञकम् अव्यक्तं भावम् आहुः परमां प्रकृष्टां गतिम्। यं परं भावं प्राप्य गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते संसाराय तत् धाम स्थानं परमं प्रकृष्टं मम विष्णोः परमं पदमित्यर्थः।।तल्लब्धेः उपायः उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.21

Course position331 / 701

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