Chapter 8, Verse 20
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ। yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati।।8.20।।
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- parastasmāt
- beyond that (higher than that)
- tu
- but/indeed
- bhāvaḥ
- state of being/existence
- anyaḥ
- another/different
- avyaktaḥ
- unmanifest
- avyaktāt
- than the (other) unmanifest
- sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- yaḥ
- which
- saḥ
- that (it)
- sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- among all beings
- naśyatsu
- when perishing
- na vinaśyati
- does not perish
Commentary
20. But that other eternal Unmanifested Being, distinct from this Unmanifested (Avyakta), —He does not perish when all creatures perish.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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parastasmāt
tu
bhāvaḥ
anyaḥ
avyaktaḥ
avyaktāt
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saḥ
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