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Bhagavad Gita 8.11

यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये।।

yad akṣharaṁ veda-vido vadanti viśhanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ yad ichchhanto brahmacharyaṁ charanti tat te padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣhye

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yatyatwhich
akṣharamakṣharamImperishable
veda-vidaḥveda-vidaḥscholars of the Vedas
vadantivadantidescribe
viśhantiviśhantienter
yatyatwhich
yatayaḥyatayaḥgreat ascetics
vīta-rāgāḥvīta-rāgāḥfree from attachment
yatyatwhich
ichchhantaḥichchhantaḥdesiring
brahmacharyambrahmacharyamcelibacy
charanticharantipractice
tattatthat
teteto you
padampadamgoal
saṅgraheṇasaṅgraheṇabriefly
pravakṣhyepravakṣhyeI shall explain

That which is declared to be Imperishable by those who know the Vedas, that which the self-controlled (ascetics or Sannyasins) and passion-free enter, that goal, desiring which celibacy is practised, I will declare to thee in brief.

वेद के जानने वाले विद्वान जिसे अक्षर कहते हैं; रागरहित यत्नशील पुरुष जिसमें प्रवेश करते हैं; जिसकी इच्छा से (साधक गण) ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करते हैं - उस पद (लक्ष्य) को मैं तुम्हें संक्षेप में कहूँगा।।