Bhagavad Gita 8.9 meaningWhat lasts beyond death
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Think of the One who is wise, ancient, tiny and huge, bright as the sun…”
What it means
“Meditate on the all-knowing, the ancient, the guide of all, smaller than the smallest, the support of everything, beyond imagining, bright as the sun and beyond all darkness —
The original Sanskrit
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार- मणोरणीयंसमनुस्मरेद्यः । सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप- मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ॥
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāraṃ aṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥ sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpaṃ ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
Translations
Literal translation
He who meditates on the Omniscient, the Anceint, the Ruler, subtler than the subtle, the Ordainer of everything, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun, and beyond darkness-(he attains the supreme Person).
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो पुरुष सर्वज्ञ, प्राचीन ( पुराण), सबके नियन्ता, सूक्ष्म से भी सूक्ष्मतर, सब के धाता, अचिन्त्यरूप, सूर्य के समान प्रकाश रूप और (अविद्या) अन्धकार से परे तत्त्व का अनुस्मरण करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 8.10— and at the time of death, with a steady mind full of love and focus, the breath gathered between the eyebrows, you reach that radiant supreme being.”