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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.26

Lesson 336 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

शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

śhukla-kṛiṣhṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śhāśhvate mateekayā yātyanāvṛittim anyayāvartate punaḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

śhukla+kṛiṣhṇe+gatī+hi+ete+jagataḥ+śhāśhvate+mate+ekayā+yāti+anāvṛittim+anyayā+āvartate+punaḥ

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Meaning of each word

śhuklasource form

bright

kṛiṣhṇesource form

dark

gatīsource form

paths

hisource form

certainly

etesource form

these

jagataḥsource form

of the material world

śhāśhvatesource form

eternal

matesource form

opinion

ekayāsource form

by one

yātisource form

goes

anāvṛittimsource form

to non return

anyayāsource form

by the other

āvartatesource form

comes back

punaḥsource form

again

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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

।।8.26।। --,शुक्लकृष्णे शुक्ला च कृष्णा च शुक्लकृष्णे ज्ञानप्रकाशकत्वात् शुक्ला तदभावात् कृष्णा एते शुक्लकृष्णे हि गती जगतः इति अधिकृतानां ज्ञानकर्मणोः न जगतः सर्वस्यैव एते गती संभवतः शाश्वते नित्ये संसारस्य नित्यत्वात् मते अभिप्रेते। तत्र एकया शुक्लया याति अनावृत्तिम् अन्यया इतरया आवर्तते पुनः भूयः।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.26

Course position336 / 701

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