My Personal Gita

Krishna

8.9 कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra maṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ | sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt

Word meanings

kavim—poet;purāṇam—ancient;anuśhāsitāram—the controller;aṇoḥ—than the atom;aṇīyānsam—smaller;anusmaret—always remembers;yaḥ—who;sarvasya—of everything;dhātāram—the support;achintya—inconceivable;rūpam—divine form;āditya-varṇam—effulgent like the sun;tamasaḥ—to the darkness of ignorance;parastāt—beyond

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

He who meditates continuously on the Ancient Seer, the Ruler, the subtler than the subtle, the supporter of all, the unimaginably formed, the sun-colored, and that which is beyond darkness;

Shri Purohit Swami

Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like the Sun, Beyond the reach of darkness;

Swami Adidevananda

He who remembers the Omniscient, the Primeval, the Ruler, one subtler than the subtle, the creator of all, whose nature is inconceivable, who is sun-coloured, and who is beyond darkness,

Swami Gambirananda

He who meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler, subtler than the subtle, the Ordainer of everything, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun, and beyond darkness-(he attains the supreme Person).

Swami Sivananda

Whosoever meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the ruler (of the whole world), minuter than an atom, the supporter of all, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun and beyond the darkness of ignorance,

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8.11 यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ | yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye

Word meanings

yat—which;akṣharam—Imperishable;veda-vidaḥ—scholars of the Vedas;vadanti—describe;viśhanti—enter;yat—which;yatayaḥ—great ascetics;vīta-rāgāḥ—free from attachment;yat—which;ichchhantaḥ—desiring;brahmacharyam—celibacy;charanti—practice;tat—that;te—to you;padam—goal;saṅgraheṇa—briefly;pravakṣhye—I shall explain

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

That Unchanging One which the Vedic knowers speak of; which the passion-free ascetics enter into, seeking which they practice celibacy (or spiritual life); that Goal together with the means [to reach it] I shall tell you.

Shri Purohit Swami

Now I will speak briefly of the imperishable goal, proclaimed by those versed in the scriptures, which the mystic attains when free from passion, and for which he is content to undergo the vow of continence.

Swami Adidevananda

I shall tell you briefly that goal, which the knowers of the Veda call the imperishable, which ascetics, free from passion, enter, and desiring which they practise the vow of continence (Brahmacarya).

Swami Gambirananda

I shall speak to you briefly of that immutable Goal which the knowers of the Vedas declare, into which enter the diligent ones free from attachment, and aspiring for which people practise celibacy.

Swami Sivananda

That which is declared imperishable by those who know the Vedas, that which the self-controlled (ascetics) and passion-free enter, that desiring which celibacy is practised–that goal I will declare to thee in brief.

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8.10 प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्

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prayāṇa-kāle—at the time of death;manasā—mind;achalena—steadily;bhaktyā—remembering with great devotion;yuktaḥ—united;yoga-balena—through the power of yog;cha—and;eva—certainly;bhruvoḥ—the two eyebrows;madhye—between;prāṇam—life airs;āveśhya—fixing;samyak—completely;saḥ—he;tam—him;param puruṣham—the Supreme Divine Lord;upaiti—attains;divyam—divine

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

That person, endowed with a steady mind, devotion, and the power of yoga, reaches the Supreme Divine Soul at the time of departure, by properly fixing the life-breath between their eyebrows.

Shri Purohit Swami

He who leaves the body with mind unmoved and filled with devotion, by the power of his meditation gathering between his eyebrows his whole vital energy, attains the Supreme.

Swami Adidevananda

at the time of death, with devotion, with a mind unwavering by the power of Yoga and with the Prana fixed between the eyebrows, reaches that same Divine Supreme Person.

Swami Gambirananda

At the time of death, having fully fixed the Prana (vita force) between the eye-brows with an unswerving mind, and being imbued with devotion as also the strength of concentration, he reaches that resplendent supreme person.

Swami Sivananda

At the time of death, with unshaken mind, endowed with devotion and by the power of Yoga, fixing the whole life-breath in the middle of the two eyebrows, he reaches that resplendent Supreme Person.

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