Bhagavadgītābhāṣya · Chapter 8

kiṃ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama |
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktam adhidaivaṃ kim ucyate ||

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko 'tra dehe 'smin madhusūdanam |
prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo 'si niyatātmabhiḥ ||

akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate |
bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ ||

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam |
adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||

antakāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalebaram |
yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ ||

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran bhāvaṃ tyajaty ante kalebaram |
taṃ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ ||

tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca |
mayy arpitamanobuddhiḥ mām evaiṣyasy asaṃśayaḥ ||

abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā |
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ||

kaviṃ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṃsam anusmared yaḥ |
sarvasya dhātāram acintyarūpam ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ||

prayāṇakāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva |
bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣam upaiti divyam ||

yad akṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vītarāgāḥ |
yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tat te padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye ||

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca |
mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yogadhāraṇām ||

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

ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ |
tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ ||

mām upetya punarjanma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam |
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ ||

ā brahmabhuvanāl lokāḥ punarāvartino 'rjuna |
mām upetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ||

sahasrayugaparyantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ |
rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te 'horātravido janāḥ ||

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty aharāgame |
rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ||

bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate |
rātryāgame 'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty aharāgame ||

paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ |
yasya sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ||

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

puruṣas sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā |
yasyāntassthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṃ tatam ||

yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ |
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||

agnir jyotir ahaś śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam |
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ||

dhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyaṇam |
tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate ||

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate |
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ ||

naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana |
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna ||

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapassu caiva dāne ca yat puṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam |
atyeti tat sarvam idaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānam upaiti cādyam ||