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Chapter 12, Verse 3

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते। सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।

ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaṃ paryupāsate . sarvatragam acintyaṃ ca kūṭastham acalaṃ dhruvam ..12.3..

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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
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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ये
तु
अक्षरम्
अनिर्देश्यम्
अव्यक्तम्
पर्युपासते
सर्वत्रगम्
अचिन्त्यम्
कूटस्थम्
अचलम्
ध्रुवम्

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