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Bhagavad Gita 13.12

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते।।

jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛitam aśhnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad uchyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
jñeyamjñeyamought to be known
yatyatwhich
tattatthat
pravakṣhyāmipravakṣhyāmiI shall now reveal
yatyatwhich
jñātvājñātvāknowing
amṛitamamṛitamimmortality
aśhnuteaśhnuteone achieves
anādianādibeginningless
mat-parammat-paramsubordinate to me
brahmabrahmaBrahman
nananot
satsatexistent
tattatthat
nananot
asatasatnon-existent
uchyateuchyateis called

I will declare that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality; the beginningless Supreme Brahman, which is neither being nor non-being.

मैं उस ज्ञेय वस्तु को स्पष्ट कहूंगा जिसे जानकर मनुष्य अमृतत्व को प्राप्त करता है। वह ज्ञेय है - अनादि, परम ब्रह्म, जो न सत् और न असत् ही कहा जा सकता है।।