Bhagavad Gita · 8.21
॥
Devanāgarī
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् ।
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
avyakto 'kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatim |
yaṁ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अव्यक्तःavyaktaḥthe unmanifested.
अक्षरःakṣaraḥand the imperishable.
इति उक्तःiti uktaḥso it is called [in the Vedas].
तम्tamit.
आहुःāhuḥthey call.
परमाम् गतिम्paramām gatimthe supreme goal.
यम् प्राप्यyam prāpyahaving attained which.
न निवर्तन्तेna nivartantethey do not return.
तत् धामtat dhāmathat abode.
परमम्paramamsupreme.
ममmamaMine.
Translation
“This unmanifested [nature] is called Akṣara [the imperishable], and it is spoken of as the supreme goal. That abode, having attained which one never returns, is My supreme abode.”
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