Chapter 8, Verse 9
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāram aṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ। sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpam ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt।।8.9।।
Word by word
- कविम्
- the seer (omniscient one)
- पुराणम्
- the ancient one
- अनुशासितारम्
- the ruler/controller (of all)
- अणोः
- than the atom
- अणीयांसम्
- smaller
- अनुस्मरेत्
- one should remember/meditate upon
- यः
- who
- सर्वस्य
- of all (beings)
- धातारम्
- the supporter/ordainer
- अचिन्त्यरूपम्
- whose form is inconceivable
- आदित्यवर्णम्
- of the color/effulgence of the sun
- तमसः
- than darkness
- परस्तात्
- beyond
Commentary
9 — 10. Whoso meditates on the Sage, the Ancient, the Ruler, smaller than an atom, the Dispenser of all, of unthinkable nature, glorious like the Sun, beyond the darkness, (whoso medi- tates on such a Being) at the time of death, with a steady mind endued with devotion and strength of Yoga, well fixing the life-breath betwixt the eye-brows, he reaches that Supreme Purusha Resplendent.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 9-10 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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