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Krishna

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

prayāṇakāle manasā'calena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva | bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam

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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.

Krishna

8.12 सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca | mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām

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sarva-dvārāṇi—all gates;sanyamya—restraining;manaḥ—the mind;hṛidi—in the heart region;nirudhya—confining;cha—and;mūrdhni—in the head;ādhāya—establish;ātmanaḥ—of the self;prāṇam—the life breath;āsthitaḥ—situated (in);yoga-dhāraṇām—the yogic concentration

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Properly controlling all the gates of the body; restraining the mind firmly in the heat; fixing one's own prana in the head; taking refuge in the firmness of Yoga.

Shri Purohit Swami

Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;

Swami Adidevananda

Controlling all the doors (senses), holding the mind within the heart, fixing his life-breath in the head, maintaining himself in steady concentration,

Swami Gambirananda

Having controlled all the passages, having confined the mind in the heart, and having fixed his own vital force in the head, (and then) continuing in the firmness in yoga;

Swami Sivananda

Having closed all the gates, confined the mind in the heart and fixed the life-breath in the head, engaged in the practice of concentration,

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

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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.