Bhagavad Gita 12.3
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते। सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaṃ paryupāsate . sarvatragam acintyaṃ ca kūṭastham acalaṃ dhruvam ..12.3..
Word by word
- ये
- who (plural, referring to those devotees)
- तु
- but/on the other hand
- अक्षरम्
- the imperishable (Absolute)
- अनिर्देश्यम्
- indefinable/that which cannot be pointed out
- अव्यक्तम्
- unmanifest
- पर्युपासते
- worship/meditate upon devotedly
- सर्वत्रगम्
- all-pervading
- अचिन्त्यम्
- inconceivable
- च
- and
- कूटस्थम्
- unchanging/immovable (situated at the summit, unmoving)
- अचलम्
- motionless
- ध्रुवम्
- eternal/fixed
Commentary
3 — 4. Those who ever contemplate the Imperishable, the Indefinable, the Unmanifest, the Omnipresent and the Unthinkable, the Unchange- able, the Immutable, the Eternal,— having res- trained all the senses, always equanimous, intent on the welfare of all beings, — they reach Myself.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 3-4 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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