Chapter 8, Verse 11
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये।।8.11।।
yad akṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vītarāgāḥ. yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tat te padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye..8.11..
Word by word
- yat
- which (that imperishable state)
- akṣaram
- the imperishable/indestructible (Brahman)
- veda-vidaḥ
- knowers of the Vedas
- vadanti
- declare, call
- viśanti
- enter into
- yat
- which (state)
- yatayaḥ
- self-controlled ascetics/sages
- vīta-rāgāḥ
- free from passion/attachment
- yat
- which (state)
- icchantaḥ
- desiring
- brahmacaryam
- the vow of celibacy/chastity
- caranti
- practice, observe
- tat
- that
- te
- to you
- padam
- state, goal
- saṅgraheṇa
- briefly, in summary
- pravakṣye
- I shall explain/declare
Commentary
ii. That Imperishable Goal which the know- ers of the Veda declare, which the self-controlled and the passion-free enter, which desiring they lead the godly life,— That Goal will I declare to , thee with brevity.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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