Srimad Bhagawad Gita Chapter 8

śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ |

akṣaraparabrahmayogaḥ

arjuna uvāca

kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama |

adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate || 1 ||

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusūdana |

prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ || 2 ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate |

bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasañjñitaḥ || 3 ||

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam |

adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara || 4 ||

antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram |

yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || 5 ||

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram |

taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ || 6 ||

tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca |

mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṃśayam || 7 ||

abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā |

paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan || 8 ||

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāramaṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥ|

sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpamādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt || 9 ||

prayāṇakāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva|

bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyaksa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam || 10 ||

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ|

yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye || 11 ||

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca |

mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām || 12 ||

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran |

yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 13 ||

ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ |

tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ || 14 ||

māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam |

nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ || 15 ||

ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna |

māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate || 16 ||

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ |

rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ || 17 ||

avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame |

rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasañjñake || 18 ||

bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate |

rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame || 19 ||

parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ |

yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati || 20 ||

avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim |

yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama || 21 ||

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā |

yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam || 22 ||

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ |

prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha || 23 ||

agnirjotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam |

tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ || 24 ||

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam |

tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate || 25 ||

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |

ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ || 26 ||

naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana |

tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna || 27 ||

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam|

atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvāyogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam || 28 ||

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre

śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde akṣarabrahmayogo nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||8 ||