Mahabharata · 6.36.26-27
॥
Devanāgarī
मां च यो ऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ॥
स गुणान् समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहम् अमृतस्याव्ययस्य च ॥
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
māṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate ||
sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca ||
śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
मां च यो ऽव्यभिचारेणmāṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇaand one who Me with unwavering; and who, to Me without deviation
भक्तियोगेन सेवतेbhaktiyogena sevateserves through bhakti-yoga; serves through the yoga of devotion
स गुणान् समतीत्यैतान्sa guṇān samatītyaitānhe, having fully transcended these gunas; he, having passed beyond these qualities
ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पतेbrahmabhūyāya kalpatebecomes fit for the state of Brahman; becomes worthy of the being of Brahman
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहम्brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamfor I am the foundation of Brahman; for I am the support of Brahman
अमृतस्याव्ययस्य चamṛtasyāvyayasya caand of the immortal, imperishable; and of the imperishable amrita
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्यśāśvatasya ca dharmasyaand of the eternal dharma; and of the everlasting law
सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य चsukhasyaikāntikasya caand of happiness that is final; and of the sole, complete bliss
Translation
"And one who serves Me with unwavering bhakti-yoga fully transcends these gunas and becomes fit for the state of Brahman. For I am the foundation of Brahman, of the immortal and imperishable, of the eternal dharma, and of final happiness."
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The chapter's close makes rising above the gunas not an impersonal effort but the fruit of unwavering service to Krishna. Brahman, immortality, eternal dharma, and supreme happiness have their foundation in Him.