8.8 अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना। परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्
abhyāsa
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abhyāsa-yoga—by practice of yog;yuktena—being constantly engaged in remembrance;chetasā—by the mind;na anya-gāminā—without deviating;paramam puruṣham—the Supreme Divine Personality;divyam—divine;yāti—one attains;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;anuchintayan—constant remembrance
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who is engaged in reflecting on the Supreme Divine Soul with his mind, remaining fixed in the practice of yoga and not focusing on any other object, that person attains the Supreme, O son of Prtha!
He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit.
Meditating with a mind trained by constant practice and not moving towards anything else, thinking of the Supreme Divine Person, one reaches Me, O Arjuna!
O son of Prtha, by meditating with a mind which is engaged in the yoga of practice and which does not stray away to anything else, one reaches the supreme Person existing in the effulgent region.
With the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast by the method of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating, one goes to the Supreme Person, the Resplendent, O Arjuna!
8.10 प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्
prayāṇa
Word meanings
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.9 कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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;
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;
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,
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).
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,
