100. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 8 Verses 8-10 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 8-10 from the Eighth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 8:
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना ।
परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् ॥ 8॥
abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan
🔴 With the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast by the method of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating on the Supreme PURUSHA, the Resplendent, O Partha, he goes (to Him).

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 9:
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार-
मणोरणीयंसमनुस्मरेद्यः ।
सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप-
मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् || 9 ||
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra-
maṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥ
sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa-
mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
🔴 Whosoever, meditates upon the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler (of the whole world) , minute than the atom, the Supporter of all, of Form inconceivable, Effulgent like the Sun and beyond the darkness (of ignorance)

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8, Verse 10:
प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन
भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।
भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्
स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् || 10||
prayāṇakāle manasā’calena
bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva
bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak
sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam
🔴 At the time of death, with an unshaken mind full of devotion, by the power of YOGA fixing the whole PRANA (breath) between the two eyebrows, he (the seeker) reaches the Supreme Resplendent PURUSHA.

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