||aSTamO'dhyAyaH - akSarabrahma yOgaH||

arjuna uvAca

kiM tad-brahma kimadhyAtmaM kiM karma puruSOttama|
adhibhUtaM ca kiM prOktamadhidaivaM kimucyatE||1||

adhiyajJaH kathaM kO'tra dEhE'smin madhusUdana|
prayANakAlE ca kathaM jJEyO'si niyatAtmabhiH||2||

zrIbhagavAnuvAca

akSaraM brahma paramaM svabhAvO'dhyAtmamucyatE|
bhUtabhAvOdbhavakarO visargaH karmasaMjJitaH||3||

adhibhUtaM kSarO bhAvaH puruSazcAdhidaivatam|
adhiyajJO'hamEvAtra dEhE dEhabhRtAM vara||4||

antakAlE ca mAmEva smaran muktvA kalEvaram|
yaH prayAti sa madbhAvaM yAti nAstyatra saMzayaH||5||

yaM yaM vA'pi smaran bhAvaM tyajatyantE kalEvaram|
taM tamEvaiti kauntEya sadA tadbhAvabhAvitaH||6||

tasmAt sarvESu kAlESu mAmanusmara yudhya ca|
mayyarpitamanObuddhirmAmEvaiSyasyasaMzayaH||7||

abhyAsayOgayuktEna cEtasA nAnyagAminA|
paramaM puruSaM divyaM yAti pArthAnucintayan||8||

kaviM purANam anuzAsitAram
anOraNIyAMsam anusmarEdyaH|
sarvasya dhAtAram acintyarUpam
AdityavarNaM tamasaH parastAt||9||

prayANakAlE manasA'calEna
bhaktyA yuktO yOgabalEna caiva|
bhruvOrmadhyE prANamAvEzya samyak
sa taM paraM puruSamupaiti divyam||10||

yadakSaraM vEdavidO vadanti
vizanti yadyatayO vItarAgAH|
yadicchantO brahmacaryaM caranti
tat tE padaM saGgrahENa pravakSyE||11||

sarvadvArANi saMyamya manO hRdi nirudhya ca|
mUrdhnyAdhAya''tmanaH prANamAsthitO yOgadhAraNAm||12||

OmityEkAkSaraM brahma vyAharan mAmanusmaran|
yaH prayAti tyajan dEhaM sa yAti paramAM gatim||13||

ananyacEtAH satataM yO mAM smarati nityazaH|
tasyAhaM sulabhaH pArtha nityayuktasya yOginaH||14||

mAmupEtya punarjanma duHkhAlayamazAzvatam|
na''pnuvanti mahAtmAnaH saMsiddhiM paramAM gatAH||15||

AbrahmabhuvanAllOkAH punarAvartinO'rjuna|
mAmupEtya tu kauntEya punarjanma na vidyatE||16||

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad-brahmaNO viduH|
rAtriM yugasahasrAntAM tE'hOrAtravidO janAH||17||

avyaktAd-vyaktayaH sarvAH prabhavantyaharAgamE|
rAtryAgamE pralIyantE tatraivAvyaktasaMjJakE||18||

bhUtagrAmaH sa EvAyaM bhUtvA bhUtvA pralIyatE|
rAtryAgamE'vazaH pArtha prabhavatyaharAgamE||19||

parastasmAttu bhAvO'nyO'vyaktO'vyaktAtsanAtanaH|
yaH sa sarvESu bhUtESu nazyatsu na vinazyati||20||

avyaktO'kSara ityuktastamAhuH paramAM gatim|
yaM prApya na nivartantE taddhAma paramaM mama||21||

puruSaH sa paraH pArtha bhaktyA labhyastvananyayA|
yasyAntaHsthAni bhUtAni yEna sarvamidaM tatam||22||

yatra kAlE tvanAvRttimAvRttiM caiva yOginaH|
prayAtA yAnti taM kAlaM vakSyAmi bharatarSabha||23||

agnirjOtirahaH zuklaH SaNmAsA uttarAyaNam|
tatra prayAtA gacchanti brahma brahmavidO janAH||24||

dhUmO rAtristathA kRSNaH SaNmAsA dakSiNAyanam|
tatra cAndramasaM jyOtiryOgI prApya nivartatE||25||

zuklakRSNE gatI hyEtE jagataH zAzvatE matE|
EkayA yAtyanAvRttimanyayA''vartatE punaH||26||

naitE sRtI pArtha jAnan yOgI muhyati kazcana|
tasmAt sarvESu kAlESu yOgayuktO bhavArjuna||27||

vEdESu yajJESu tapaHsu caiva
dAnESu yat puNyaphalaM pradiSTam|
atyEti tatsarvamidaM viditvA
yOgI paraM sthAnamupaiti ca''dyam||28||

||OM tatsaditi zrImadbhagavadgItAsUpaniSatsu brahmavidyAyAM yOgazAstrE zrIkRSNArjunasaMvAdE akSarabrahmayOgO nAma aSTamO'dhyAyaH||