Bhagavad Gita 2.72एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति।स्थित्वाऽस्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥

eṣhā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati

sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛichchhati

Sanskrit recitation

2.71 3.1

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A steady mind in a noisy world · 2.54–2.72 · Teaching

Translation

O son of Pritha, this is the eternal state, the Brahmic seat. Attaining this, one is not deluded. Being established in it, one attains oneness with Brahman even at the end of life.

Hindi translation

हे पृथानन्दन ! यह ब्राह्मी स्थिति है। इसको प्राप्त होकर कभी कोई मोहित नहीं होता। इस स्थितिमें यदि अन्तकालमें भी स्थित हो जाय, तो निर्वाण (शान्त) ब्रह्मकी प्राप्ति हो जाती है।

Meaning

The state described in the previous verse -- to renounce everything and to live in Brahman -- is the Brahmic state or the state of Brahman. If one attains to this state one is never deluded. He attains Moksha if he stays in that state even at the hour of his death. It is needless to say that he who gets establised in Brahman throughout his life attains to the state of Brahman or,BrahmaNirvana (Cf.VIII.5,6).Maharshi Vidyaranya says in his Panchadasi that Antakala here means the moment at which Avidya or mutual superimposition of the Self and the notSelf ends.

After Swami Sivananda

A steady mind in a noisy world· 2.54–2.72→

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na: never
api: even
enām: this
asyām: in this
eṣhā: such
prāpya: having attained
pārtha: Arjun, the son of Pritha
sthitvā: being established
vimuhyati: is deluded
anta-kāle: at the hour of death
ṛichchhati: attains
brahma-nirvāṇam: liberation from Maya
brāhmī sthitiḥ: state of God-realization

Bhagavad Gita 2.72एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति।स्थित्वाऽस्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥

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