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Bhagavad Gita 8.11

Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga (The Imperishable) · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग

यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्तिविशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः ।यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्तितत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadantiviśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ |yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ carantitatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye ||

Meaning of Gita 8.11 in English

Krishna briefly describes the goal that knowers of the Vedas call imperishable, which disciplined seekers free from passion enter, and for which people live a life of self-control.

गीता 8.11 का हिंदी अर्थ

वेद जानने वाले जिसे अक्षर कहते हैं, राग-रहित यति जिसमें प्रवेश करते हैं और जिसकी चाह में लोग ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करते हैं, उस पद को मैं संक्षेप में बताता हूँ।

spiritual goalself-controldiscipline

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.