Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā

Akṣarabrahmayogaḥ

atha aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ । akṣarabrahmayogaḥ

arjuna uvāca ।

kiṃ tad brahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama ।
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ॥ 8-1॥

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusūdana ।
prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ ॥ 8-2॥

śrībhagavānuvāca ।

akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate ।
bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ ॥ 8-3॥

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam ।
adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ॥ 8-4॥

antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram ।
yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 8-5॥

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram ।
taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ ॥ 8-6॥

tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca ।
mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṃśayaḥ ॥ 8-7॥ orsaṃśayam

abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā ।
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ॥ 8-8॥

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra-
maṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥ ।
sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa-
mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ॥ 8-9॥

prayāṇakāle manasā'calena
bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva ।
bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak
sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam ॥ 8-10॥

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti
viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ ।
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tatte padaṃ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye ॥ 8-11॥

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca ।
mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ॥ 8-12॥

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran ।
yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ॥ 8-13॥

ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ ।
tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ ॥ 8-14॥

māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam ।
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ ॥ 8-15॥

ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna ।
māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ॥ 8-16॥

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ ।
rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ ॥ 8-17॥

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame ।
rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ॥ 8-18॥

bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate ।
rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame ॥ 8-19॥

parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ ।
yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ॥ 8-20॥

avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim ।
yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama ॥ 8-21॥

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā ।
yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam ॥ 8-22॥

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ ।
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ॥ 8-23॥

agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam ।
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ॥ 8-24॥

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam ।
tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ॥ 8-25॥

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate ।
ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ॥ 8-26॥

naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana ।
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna ॥ 8-27॥

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva
dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam ।
atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā
yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam ॥ 8-28॥

Om̃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
akṣarabrahmayogo nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ॥ 8॥