Bhagavad Gita · 2.72
॥
Devanāgarī
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।
स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati |
sthitvāsyām antakāle 'pi brahmanirvāṇam ṛcchati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एषाeṣāthis.
ब्राह्मी स्थितिःbrāhmī sthitiḥthe divine state, the state of realizing Brahman.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
न एनाम्na enāmnot [the one who], having attained it.
प्राप्यprāpyahaving attained.
विमुह्यतिvimuhyatifalls into illusion, becomes bewildered.
स्थित्वाsthitvāhaving become established.
अस्याम्asyāmin it [in this state].
अन्तकाले अपिanta-kāle apieven at the hour of death.
ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम्brahma-nirvāṇamliberation in Brahman, extinction in the divine, the divine kingdom.
ऋच्छतिṛcchatihe attains.
Translation
“O Pārtha, this is the divine state. Having attained it, a person never again falls into illusion. Established in it even at the hour of his death, he enters the kingdom of God [attains brahma-nirvāṇa].”
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