My Personal Gita

Krishna

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.

Krishna

8.13 ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran | yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Word meanings

om—sacred syllable representing the formless aspect of God;iti—thus;eka-akṣharam—one syllabled;brahma—the Absolute Truth;vyāharan—chanting;mām—Me (Shree Krishna);anusmaran—remembering;yaḥ—who;prayāti—departs;tyajan—quitting;deham—the body;saḥ—he;yāti—attains;paramām—the supreme;gatim—goal

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Reciting the single-syllabled Om, the very Brahman; meditating on Me; whoever travels well, casting away their body—surely they attain My State.

Shri Purohit Swami

Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme.

Swami Adidevananda

uttering the sacred syllable Om which connotes Brahman, thinking of Me constantly, one who abandons the body and departs thus, reaches the highest state.

Swami Gambirananda

He who departs by leaving the body while uttering the single syllable, viz Om, which is Brahman, and thinking of Me, he attains the supreme Goal.

Swami Sivananda

Uttering the monosyllable Om–the Brahman–remembering Me always, he who departs thus, leaving the body, attains to the supreme goal.

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8.12 सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्

Word meanings

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,