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sarva-dvārāṇi saḿyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.12 The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors...

oḿ ity ekākṣaraḿ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaḿ sa yāti paramāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.13 After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable om, the supreme...

ananya-cetāḥ satataḿ yo māḿ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaḿ su-labhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.14 For one who always remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pritha,...

mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saḿsiddhiḿ paramāḿ gatāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.15 After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary...

ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.16 From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein...

sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriḿ yuga-sahasrāntāḿ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.17 By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahma’s one day....

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame rātry-āgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-saḿjñake Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.18 At the beginning of Brahma’s day, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest...

bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaḿ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate rātry-āgame ’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.19 Again and again, when Brahma’s day arrives, all living entities come into being, and with the...

paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.20 Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this...

avyakto ’kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāḿ gatim yaḿ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaḿ mama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.21 That which the Vedantists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the...