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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 8 · Akṣara Brahma Yoga

Shloka 8.9

Lesson 319 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

कविं पुराणमनुशासितारमणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः।सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूपमादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāramaṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥsarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpamāditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

Sandhi-vicheda

kavim+purāṇam+anuśhāsitāram+aṇoḥ+aṇīyānsam+anusmaret+yaḥ+sarvasya+dhātāram+achintya+rūpam+āditya-varṇam+tamasaḥ+parastāt

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Meaning of each word

kavimsource form

poet

purāṇamsource form

ancient

anuśhāsitāramsource form

the controller

aṇoḥsource form

than the atom

aṇīyānsamsource form

smaller

anusmaretsource form

always remembers

yaḥsource form

who

sarvasyasource form

of everything

dhātāramsource form

the support

achintyasource form

inconceivable

rūpamsource form

divine form

āditya-varṇamsource form

effulgent like the sun

tamasaḥsource form

to the darkness of ignorance

parastātsource form

beyond

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

।।8.9।। --,कविं क्रान्तदर्शिनं सर्वज्ञं पुराणं चिरन्तनम् अनुशासितारं सर्वस्य जगतः प्रशासितारम् अणोः सूक्ष्मादपि अणीयांसं सूक्ष्मतरम् अनुस्मरेत् अनुचिन्तयेत् यः कश्चित् सर्वस्य कर्मफलजातस्य धातारं विधातारं विचित्रतया प्राणिभ्यो विभक्तारम् अचिन्त्यरूपं न अस्य रूपं नियतं विद्यमानमपि केनचित् चिन्तयितुं शक्यते इति अचिन्त्यरूपः तम् आदित्यवर्णम् आदित्यस्येव नित्यचैतन्यप्रकाशो वर्णो यस्य तम् आदित्यवर्णम् तमसः परस्तात् अज्ञानलक्षणात् मोहान्धकारात् परं तम् अनुचिन्तयत् याति इति पूर्वेण संबन्धः।।किञ्च --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 8.9

Course position319 / 701

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