Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 8.11
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 8.11 · 8 · Verse 11
Sanskrit Original
।।8.11।।यद् अक्षरम् अस्थूलत्वादिगुणकं वेदविदो वदन्ति वीतरागाः च यतयो यद् अक्षरं विशन्ति यद् अक्षरं प्राप्तुम् इच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत् ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये।पद्यते गम्यते अनेन इति पदं तद् निखिलवेदान्तवेद्यं मत्स्वरूपम् अक्षरं यथा उपास्यं तथा संक्षेपेण प्रवक्ष्यामि इत्यर्थः।
8.11 I shall show you briefly that goal which the knowers of the Veda call 'the imperishable,' i.e., as endowed with attributes like non-grossness etc., - that imperishable which 'the ascetics freed from passion enter'; that imperishable 'desiring to attain which men practise continence'. What is attained by the mind as its goal is called 'pada'. I shall tell you briefly My essential nature which is beyond all description and which is explained in the whole of Vedanta and which is to be meditated upon. Such is the meaning.