The Gita

Chapter 2 · Verse 72 of 72

The Yoga of Knowledge

सांख्ययोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

O Arjuna, son of Pritha! This is the state of being firmly established in God. Delusion or attachment cannot touch one in this sublime state. If one remains in this state in the final moments of life, he attains ultimate and irreversible liberation from the cycle of birth and death, achieving Nirvāna! (2:72)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।

स्थित्वायामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति॥

Word-by-word

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः, पार्थ! न एनाम् प्राप्य वि-मुह्यति;

स्थित्वा अस्याम्, अन्त-काले अपि ब्रह्म-निर्वाणम् ऋच्छति।

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