Bhagavad Gita (with commentary) · Chapter 8

iti śrīmat-paramahaṃsa-parivrājakācāryasya śrī-govinda-bhagavat-pūjya-pāda-
śiṣyasya śrīmac-chaṃkara-bhagavataḥ kṛtau śrīmad-bhagavad-gītā-bhāṣye
saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
BhG 8
atha brahmākṣara-nirdeśo nāma
aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ
(śrīmac-chaṅkarācārya-bhagavat-pāda-viracita-bhāṣyaḥ)
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te brahma tad viduḥ kṛtsnam ity ādinā bhagavatārjunasya praśna-bījāni upadiṣṭani | atas tat-praśnārtham arjuna uvāca -
kiṃ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama |
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktam adhidaivaṃ kim ucyate

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko 'tra dehe 'smin madhusūdana |
prayāṇa-kāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo 'si niyatātmabhiḥ

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eṣāṃ praśnānāṃ yathā-kramaṃ nirṇayāya śrī-bhagavān uvāca -
akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate |
bhūtabhāvodbhava-karo visargaḥ karma-saṃjñitaḥ

akṣaraṃ na kṣaratīty akṣaraṃ para ātmā, etasya vākṣarasya praśāsane gārgi [BAU 3.8.9] iti śruteḥ | oṃkārasya ca om ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma [Gītā 8.13] iti pareṇa viśeṣaṇād agrahaṇam | paramam iti ca niratiśaye brahmaṇy akṣare upapannataram viśeṣaṇam | tasyaiva parasya brahmaṇaḥ pratidehaṃ pratyag-ātma-bhāvaḥ svabhāvaḥ | svo bhāvaḥ svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate | ātmānaṃ deham adhikṛtya pratyag-ātmatayā pravṛttaṃ paramārtha-brahmāvasānaṃ vastu svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate 'dhyātma-śabdenābhidhīyate | bhūta-bhāvodbhava-karo bhūtānāṃ bhāvo bhūta-bhāvas tasya udbhavo bhūta-bhāvodbhavas taṃ karotīti bhūta-bhāvodbhava-karaḥ, bhūta-vastūtpatti-kara ity arthaḥ | visargo visarjanaṃ devatoddeśena caru-puroḍāśāder dravyasya parityāgaḥ | sa eṣa visarga-lakṣaṇo yajñaḥ
karma-saṃjñitaḥ karma-śabdita ity etat | etasmāt hi bīja-bhūtād vṛṣṭyaḍādi-krameṇa sthāvara-jaṅgamāni bhūtāny udbhavanti

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adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam |
adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛtāṃ vara

adhibhūtaṃ prāṇi-jātam adhikṛtya bhavatīti | ko 'sau ? kṣaraḥ kṣaratīti kṣaro vināśī, bhāvo yat kiṃcit janimat vastv ity arthaḥ | puruṣaḥ pūrṇam anena sarvam iti, puri śayanāt vā, puruṣaḥ ādityāntargato hiraṇyagarbhaḥ, sarva-prāṇi-karaṇānām anugrāhakaḥ, so 'dhidaivatam | adhiyajñaḥ sarva-yajñābhimāninī viṣṇv-ākhyā devatā, yajño vai viṣṇuḥ [TaittS 1.7.4] iti śruteḥ | sa hi viṣṇur aham eva | atrāsmin dehe yo yajñas tasyāham adhiyajñaḥ | yajño hi deha-nirvartyatvena deha-samavāyīti dehādhikaraṇo bhavati, deha-bhṛtāṃ vara !

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anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram |
yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṃ yāti nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ

anta-kāle maraṇa-kāle ca mām eva parameśvaraṃ viṣṇuṃ smaran muktvā parityajya kalevaraṃ śarīraṃ yaḥ prayāti gacchati | sa mad-bhāvaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tattvaṃ yāti | nāsti na vidyate 'trāsminn arthe saṃśayaḥ - yāti vā na veti ||
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na mad-viṣaya evāyaṃ niyamaḥ | kiṃ tarhi ? -
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran bhāvaṃ tyajaty ante kalevaram |
taṃ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi yaṃ yaṃ bhāvaṃ devatā-viśeṣaṃ smaran cintayan tyajati parityajaty ante 'nta-kāle prāṇa-viyoga-kāle kalevaraṃ śarīraṃ taṃ tam eva smṛtaṃ bhāvam eva eti nānyaṃ kaunteya, sadā sarvadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitas tasmin bhāvas tad-bhāvaḥ sa bhāvitaḥ smaryamāṇatayābhyasto yena sa tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ san

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yasmād evam antyā bhāvanā dehāntara-prāptau kāraṇam -
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca |
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣyasy asaṃśayaḥ

tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yathā-śāstram | yudhyaś ca yuddhaṃ sva-dharmaṃ kuru | mayi vāsudeve 'rpite mano-buddhī yasya tava sa tvaṃ mayy arpita-mano-buddhiḥ san mām eva yathā-smṛtam eṣyasy āgamiṣyasi | asaṃśayo na saṃśayo 'tra vidyate

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kiṃ ca -
abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā |
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan

abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena mayi citta-samarpaṇa-viṣaya-bhūta ekasmiṃs tulya-pratyayāvṛtti-lakṣaṇo vilakṣaṇa-pratyayānantarito 'bhyāsaḥ sa cābhyāso yogas tena yuktaṃ tatraiva vyāpṛtaṃ yoginaś cetas tena | cetasā nānya-gāminā nānyatra viṣayāntare gantuṃ śīlam asyeti nānya-gāmi tena nānya-gāminā, paramaṃ niratiśayaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ divi sūrya-maṇḍāle bhavaṃ yāti gacchati he pārthānucintayan śāstrācāryopadeśam anudhyāyan ity etat

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kiṃ-viśiṣṭaṃ ca puraṣaṃ yāti ? ity ucyate -
kaviṃ purāṇam anuśāsitāram
aṇor aṇīyāṃsam anusmared yaḥ |
sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam
āditya-varṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt

kaviṃ krānta-darśinaṃ sarva-jñaṃ purāṇaṃ cirantanam anuśāsitāraṃ sarvasya jagataḥ praśāsitāram aṇoḥ sūkṣmād apy aṇīyāṃsaṃ sūkṣmataram anusmared anucintayed yaḥ kaścit, sarvasya karma-phala-jātasya dhātāraṃ vidhātāraṃ vicitratayā prāṇibhyo vibhaktāram, acintya-rūpaṃ nāsya rūpaṃ niyataṃ vidyamānam api kenacit cintayituṃ śakyata ity acintya-rūpas tam, āditya-varṇam ādityasyeva nitya-caitanya-prakāśo varṇo yasya tam āditya-varṇam, tamasaḥ parastāt, ajñāna-lakṣaṇān mohāndhakārāt paraṃ tam anucintayad yātīti pūrveṇa saṃbandhaḥ

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kiṃ ca -
prayāṇa-kāle manasācalena
bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena caiva |
bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak
sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣam upaiti divyam

prayāṇa-kāle maraṇa-kāle manasācalena calana-varjitena bhaktyā yukto bhajanaṃ bhaktis tayā yukto yoga-balena caiva yogasya balaṃ yoga-balaṃ samādhija-saṃskāra-pracaya-janita-citta-sthairya-lakṣaṇaṃ yoga-balaṃ tena ca yukta ity arthaḥ | pūrvaṃ hṛdaya-puṇḍārīke vaśīkṛtya cittaṃ tata ūrdhva-gāminyā nāḍyā bhūmi-jaya-krameṇa bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya sthāpayitvā samyag-āpramattaḥ san, sa evaṃ buddhimān yogī kaviṃ purāṇam ity ādi-lakṣaṇaṃ taṃ paraṃ parataraṃ puruṣam upaiti pratipadyate divyaṃ dyotanātmakam

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[yoga-mārgānugamanenaiva brahma-vidyām antareṇāpi brahma prāpyata ity evaṃ prāptam idam ucyate ] punar api vakṣyamāṇenopāyena pratipitsitasya brahmaṇo veda-vidvad-anādi-viśeṣaṇa-viśeṣyasyābhidhānaṃ karoti bhagavān -
yad akṣaraṃ veda-vido vadanti
viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ |
yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tat te padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye

yad akṣaraṃ na kṣaratīty akṣaram avināśi vedavido vedārthajñāḥ vadanti | tad vā etad akṣaraṃ gārgi brāhmaṇā abhivadanti [BAU 3.8.8] iti śruteḥ | sarva-viśeṣa-nivartakatvenābhivadanty asthūlam aṇv ity ādi | kiṃ ca - viśanti praviśanti samyag-darśana-prāptau satyāṃ yad yatayo yatana-śīlāḥ saṃnyāsino vīta-rāgāḥ vīto vigataḥ rāgo yebhyas te vīta-rāgāḥ | yac cākṣaram icchanto jñātum iti vākya-śeṣaḥ brahmacaryaṃ gurau caranti ācaranti, tat te padaṃ tad akṣarākhyaṃ padaṃ padanīyaṃ te tava saṃgraheṇa, saṃgrahaḥ saṃkṣepas tena, saṃkṣepeṇa pravakṣye kathayiṣyāmi

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sa yo ha vai tad bhagavan manuṣyeṣu prāyaṇāntam oṃkāram abhidhyāyīta | katamaṃ vāva sa tena lokaṃ jayatīti | tasmai sa hovāca - etad vai satya-kāma paraṃ cāparaṃ ca brahma yad oṃkāraḥ [PraśnaU 5.1-2] ity upakramya, yaḥ punar etaṃ trimātreṇa om ity etenaivākṣareṇa paraṃ puruṣam abhidhyāyīta sa sāmabhir unnīyate brahma-lokam [PraśnaU 5.5] ity ādinā vacanena, anyatra dharmād anyatrādharmād [KaṭhU 1.2.14] iti copakramya
sarve vedā yat padam āmananti
tapāṃsi sarvāṇi ca yad vadanti |
yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tat te padaṃ saṃgraheṇa bravīmy om ity etad [KaṭhU 1.2.15]
ity ādibhiś ca vacanaiḥ parasya brahmaṇo vācaka-rūpeṇa, pratimāvat pratīka-rūpeṇa vā, para-brahma-pratipatti-sādhanatvena manda-madhyama-buddhīnāṃ vivakṣitasya oṃkārasyopāsanaṃ kālāntare mukti-phalam uktaṃ yat, tad evehāpi kaviṃ purāṇam anuśāsitāram [Gītā 8.9] yad akṣaraṃ veda-vido vadanti [Gītā 8.11] iti copanyastasya parasya brahmaṇaḥ pūrvokta-rūpeṇa pratipatty-upāya-bhūtasya oṃkārasya kālāntara-mukti-phalam upāsanaṃ yogadhāraṇā-sahitaṃ vaktavyam | prasaktānuprasaktaṃ ca yat kiṃcid ity evam artha uttare grantha ārabhyate -
sarva-dvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca |
mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām

sarva-dvārāṇi sarvāṇi ca tāni dvārāṇi ca sarva-dvārāṇy upalabdhau, tāni sarvāṇi saṃyasya saṃyamanaṃ kṛtvā mano hṛdi hṛdaya-puṇḍārīke nirūdhya nirodhaṃ kṛtvā niṣpracāram āpādya, tatra vaśīkṛtena manasā hṛdayād ūrdhva-gāminyā nāḍyordhvam ārūhya mūrdhny ādhāya ātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthitaḥ pṛvṛtto yoga-dhāraṇāṃ dhārayitum

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tatraiva ca dhārayan -
om ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran |
yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

om iti ekākṣaraṃ brahma brahmaṇo 'bhidhāna-bhūtam oṃkāraṃ vyāharan ucārayan, tad-artha-bhūtaṃ mām īśvaram anusmaran anucintayan yaḥ prayāti mriyate, sa tyajan parityajan dehaṃ śarīram - tyajan deham iti prayāṇa-viśeṣaṇārtham deha-tyāgena prayāṇam ātmanaḥ, na svarūpa-nāśenety arthaḥ - sa evaṃ yāti gacchati paramāṃ prakṛṣṭāṃ gatim

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kiṃ ca -
ananya-cetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ |
tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ

ananya-cetā nānya-viṣaye ceto yasya so 'yam ananya-cetāḥ | yogī satataṃ sarvadā yo māṃ parameśvaraṃ smarati | nityaśaḥ satatam iti nairantaryam ucyate, nityaśaḥ iti dīrgha-kālatvam ucyate | na ṣaṇ-māsaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ vā | kiṃ tarhi ? yāvaj-jīvaṃ nairantaryeṇa yo māṃ smaratīty arthaḥ | tasya yogino 'haṃ sulabhaḥ sukhena labhyo he pārtha, nitya-yuktasya sadā samāhita-cittasya yoginaḥ | yata evam, ato 'nanya-cetāḥ san mayi sadā samāhito bhavet

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tava saulabhyena kiṃ syāt ? ity ucyate | sṛṇu tan mama saulabhyena yad bhavati -
mām upetya punar-janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam |
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ

mām upetya mām īśvaram upetya mad-bhāvam āpadya punar janma punar utpattiṃ nāpnuvanti na prāpnuvanti | kiṃ-viśiṣṭaṃ punar-janma na prāpnuvanti ? iti, tad-viśeṣaṇam āha - duḥkhālayaṃ duḥkhānām ādhyātmikādīnām ālayaṃ āśrayam | ālīyante yasmin duḥkhānīti duḥkhālayaṃ janma | na kevalaṃ duḥkhālayam, aśāśvatam anavasthita-svarūpaṃ ca | nāpnuvanti īdṛśaṃ punar-janma mahātmāno yatayaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ mokṣākhyāṃ paramāṃ prakṛṣṭāṃ gatāḥ prāptāḥ | ye punar māṃ na prāpnuvanti te punar āvartante

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kiṃ punas tvatto 'nyat prāptāḥ punar āvartante ? ity ucyate -
ā brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar-āvartino 'rjuna |
mām upetya tu kaunteya punar-janma na vidyate

ā brahma-bhuvanāt bhavanty asmin bhūtānīti bhuvanam | brahmaṇo bhuvanaṃ brahma-bhuvanam, brahma-loka ity arthaḥ | ā brahma-bhuvanāt saha brahma-bhuvanena lokāḥ sarve punar-āvartinaḥ punar-āvartana-svabhāvāḥ | he 'rjuna | mām ekam upetya tu kaunteya punar-janma punar-utpattiḥ na vidyate

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brahma-loka-sahitā lokāḥ kasmāt punar-āvartinaḥ ? kāla-paricchinnatvāt | katham ? -
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ |
rātriṃ yuga-sahasrāntāṃ te 'ho-rātra-vido janāḥ

sahasra-yuga-paryantaṃ sahasrāṇi yugāni paryantaḥ paryavasānaṃ yasyāhnas tat ahaḥ sahasra-yuga-paryantam | brahmaṇaḥ prajāpater virājo viduḥ | rātrim api yuga-sahasrāntām ahaḥ-parimāṇām eva | ke vidur ity āha - te 'ho-rātra-vidaḥ kāla-saṃkhyā-vido janā ity arthaḥ | yata evaṃ kāla-paricchinnās te, ataḥ punar-āvartino lokāḥ

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prajāpater ahani yad bhavati rātrau ca, tad ucyate -
avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame |
rātry-āgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-saṃjñake

avyaktād avyaktaṃ prajāpateḥ svāpāvasthā | tasmād avyaktād vyaktayo vyajyanta iti vyaktayaḥ sthāvara-jaṅgama-lakṣaṇāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ prabhavanty abhivyajyante, ahna āgamo 'har-āgamas tasmin ahar-āgame kāle brahmaṇaḥ prabodha-kāle | tathā rātry-āgame brahmaṇaḥ svāpa-kāle pralīyante sarvā vyaktayas tatraiva pūrvokte 'vyakta-saṃjñake

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akṛtābhyāgama-kṛta-vipraṇāśa-doṣa-parihārārthaṃ bandha-mokṣa-śāstra-pravṛtti-sāphalya-pradarśanārtham avidyādi-kleśa-mūla-karmāśaya-vaśāc cāvaśo bhūta-grāmo bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyata ity ataḥ saṃsāre vairāgya-pradarśanārthaṃ cedam āha -
bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate |
rātry-āgame 'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame

bhūta-grāmo bhūta-samudāyaḥ sthāvara-jaṅgama-lakṣaṇo yaḥ pūrvasmin kalpa āsīt sa evāyaṃ nānyaḥ | bhūtvā bhūtvāhar-āgame | pralīyate punaḥ punaḥ rātry-āgame 'hnaḥ kṣaye 'vaśo 'svatantra eva | he pārtha | prabhavati jāyate 'vaśa evāhar-āgame

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yad upanyastam akṣaram, tasya prāpty-upāyo nirdiṣṭa om ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma [Gītā 8.13] ity ādinā | athedānīm akṣarasyaiva svarūpa-nirdidikṣayedam ucyate, anena yoga-mārgeṇedaṃ gantavyam iti -
paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ |
yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati

paro vyatirikto bhinnaḥ | kutaḥ ? tasmāt pūrvoktāt | tu-śabdo 'kṣarasya vivakṣitasyāvyaktād vailakṣaṇya-viśeṣaṇārthaḥ | bhāvo 'kṣarākhyaṃ paraṃ brahma | vyatiriktatve saty api sālakṣaṇya-prasaṅgo 'stīti tad-vinivṛtty-artham āha - anya iti | anyo vilakṣaṇaḥ | sa cāvyakto 'nindriya-gocaraḥ | paras tasmād ity uktam | kasmāt punaḥ paraḥ ? pūrvoktād bhūta-grāma-bīja-bhūtād avidyā-lakṣaṇād avyaktāt | anyo vilakṣaṇo bhāva ity abhiprāyaḥ | sanātanaś cirantano yaḥ sa bhāvaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu brahmādiṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati

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avyakto 'kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāṃ gatim |
yaṃ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṃ mama

yo 'sāv avyakto 'kṣara ity uktas tam evākṣara-saṃjñakam avyaktaṃ bhāvam āhuḥ paramāṃ prakṛṣṭāṃ gatim | yaṃ paraṃ bhāvaṃ prāpya gatvā na nivartante saṃsārāya, tad dhāma sthānaṃ paramaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ mama, viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ity arthaḥ

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tal-labdher upāya ucyate -
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā |
yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṃ tatam

puruṣaḥ puri śayanāt pūrṇatvād vā | sa paraḥ pārtha, paro niratiśayaḥ, yasmāt puruṣān na paraṃ kiṃcit | sa bhaktyā labhyas tu jñāna-lakṣaṇayānanyayā ātma-viṣayayā | yasya puruṣasyāntaḥ-sthāni madhya-sthāni bhūtāni kārya-bhūtāni | kāryaṃ hi kāraṇasyāntarvarti bhavati | yena puruṣeṇa sarvaṃ idaṃ jagat tataṃ vyāptam ākāśeneva ghaṭādi

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prakṛtānāṃ yogināṃ praṇavāveśita-brahma-buddhīnāṃ kālāntara-mukti-bhājāṃ brahma-pratipattaya uttaro mārgo vaktavya iti yatra kāle ity ādi vivakṣitārtha-samarpaṇārtham ucyate, āvṛtti-mārgopanyāsaḥ itara-mārga-stuty-artham ucyate -
yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ |
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha

yatra kāle prayātā iti vyavahitena saṃbandhaḥ | yatra yasmin kāle tv anāvṛttim apunar-janma āvṛttiṃ tad-viparītāṃ caiva | yogina iti yoginaḥ karmiṇaś cocyante | karmiṇas tu guṇataḥ karma-yogena yoginām iti viśeṣaṇād yoginaḥ | yatra kāle prayātā mṛtā yogino 'nāvṛttiṃ yānti, yatra kāle ca prayātāḥ āvṛttiṃ yānti, taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||
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taṃ kālam āha -
agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam |
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ

agniḥ kālābhimāninī devatā | tathā jyotir api devataiva kālābhimāninī | athavā, agni-jyotiṣī yathā śrute eva devate | bhūyasā tu nirdeśo yatra kāle taṃ kālam iti āmra-vanavat | tathāhar devatāhar-abhimāninī | śuklaḥ śukla-pakṣa-devatā | ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam, tatrāpi devataiva mārga-bhūtā [BAU 4.3.4] iti sthito 'nyatrāyaṃ nyāyaḥ | tatra tasmin mārge prayātā mṛtā gacchanti brahma brahma-vido brahmopāsakā brahmopāsana-parā janāḥ | krameṇeti vākya-śeṣaḥ | na hi sadyo-mukti-bhājāṃ samyag darśana-niṣṭhānāṃ gatir āgatir vā kvacid asti | na tasya prāṇā utkrāmanti [BAU 4.4.6] iti śruteḥ | brahmasaṃlīnaprāṇaiva te brahmamayā brahma-bhūtaiva te |
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dhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā dakṣiṇāyanam |
tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate

dhūmo rātrir dhūmābhimāninī rātry-abhimāninī ca devatā | tathā kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇa-pakṣa-devatā | ṣaṇ-māsā dakṣiṇāyanam iti ca pūrvavat devataiva | tatra candramasi bhavaṃ cāndramasaṃ jyotiḥ phalam iṣṭādi-kārī yogī karmī prāpya bhuktvā tat-kṣayād iha punar nivartate

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śukla-kṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ

śukla-kṛṣṇe śuklā ca kṛṣṇā ca śukla-kṛṣṇe, jñāna-prakāśakatvāt śuklā, tadabhāvāt kṛṣṇā | ete śukla-kṛṣṇe hi gatī jagataḥ ity adhikṛtānāṃ jñāna-karmaṇoḥ, na jagataḥ sarvasyaiva ete gatī saṃbhavataḥ | śāśvate nitye, saṃsārasya nityatvāt, mate 'bhiprete | tatraikayā śuklayā yāty anāvṛttim, anyayā itarayā āvartate punar bhūyaḥ

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naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana |
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yoga-yukto bhavārjuna

na ete yathokte sṛtī mārgau pārtha jānan saṃsārāya ekā, anyā mokṣāyeti | yogī na muhyati kaścana kaścid api | tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yoga-yuktaḥ samāhito bhavārjuna

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śṛṇu tasya yogasya māhātmyam -
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva
dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṃ pradiṣṭam |
atyeti tat sarvam idaṃ viditvā
yogī paraṃ sthānam upaiti cādyam

vedeṣu samyag-adhīteṣu yajñeṣu ca sādguṇyenānutiṣṭhiteṣu tapaḥsu ca sutapteṣu dāneṣu ca samyag-datteṣu yad eteṣu puṇya-phalaṃ puṇyasya phalaṃ puṇya-phalaṃ pradiṣṭaṃ śāstreṇa, atyety atītya gacchati sat sarvaṃ phala-jātam | idaṃ viditvā sapta-praśna-nirṇaya-dvāreṇoktam arthaṃ samyag avadhāryānuṣṭhāya yogī paraṃ prakṛṣṭam aiśvaraṃ sthānam upaiti ca pratipadyate | ādyam ādau bhavaṃ kāraṇaṃ brahmety arthaḥ