8.12 सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्
sarva
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
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;
Controlling all the doors (senses), holding the mind within the heart, fixing his life-breath in the head, maintaining himself in steady concentration,
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;
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,
8.14 अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः। तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः
ananya
Word meanings
ananya-chetāḥ—without deviation of the mind;satatam—always;yaḥ—who;mām—Me;smarati—remembers;nityaśhaḥ—regularly;tasya—to him;aham—I;su-labhaḥ—easily attainable;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;nitya—constantly;yuktasya—engaged;yoginaḥ—of the yogis
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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And whoever constantly bears Me in mind, never attached to any other object—for this yogi, ever devoted, I am easy to attain, O son of Prtha!
To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible.
I am easy of access, O Arjuna, to that Yogin who is ever integrated with Me, whose mind is not in anything else but Me and who ceaselessly recollects Me at all times.
O son of Prtha, to that yogi of constant concentration and single-minded attention, who remembers Me uninterruptedly and for long, I am easy of attainment.
I am easily attainable by that ever-steadfast Yogi who constantly and daily remembers Me (for a long time), not thinking of anything else (with a single or one-pointed mind), O Partha (Arjuna)!
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.13 ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Reciting the single-syllabled Om, the very Brahman; meditating on Me; whoever travels well, casting away their body—surely they attain My State.
Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme.
uttering the sacred syllable Om which connotes Brahman, thinking of Me constantly, one who abandons the body and departs thus, reaches the highest state.
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.
Uttering the monosyllable Om–the Brahman–remembering Me always, he who departs thus, leaving the body, attains to the supreme goal.
