Bhagavad Gita 14.27ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च।शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣhṭhāham amṛitasyāvyayasya cha
śhāśhvatasya cha dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya cha
Sanskrit recitation
Rising above the gunas · 14.19–14.27 · Teaching
Translation
For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, and absolute bliss.
Hindi translation
क्योंकि ब्रह्म, अविनाशी अमृत, शाश्वत धर्म और ऐकान्तिक सुखका आश्रय मैं ही हूँ।
Meaning
The Self Which is immortal and immutable, Which is attainable by the eternal Dharma or the knowledge of the Self, Which is unending bliss, abides in Me, the Supreme Being.,I, the innermost Self, am the abode of the Supreme Self. The aspirant beholds, with the eye of intuition, that the innermost Self is the very Supreme Self, through Selfrealisation.The Lord bestows grace and mercy on His devotees through His Sakti, energy or power, or Maya. Sakti and the Lord are one. Just as heat is inseparable from fire, so also Maya or Sakti is inseparable from the Lord. Sakti cannot be distinct from the Lord in Whom She inheres.There is another interpretation. By Brahman here is meant the Brahman with attributes or alities, the conditioned Brahman. I, the Absolute Brahman, transcending the attributes or alities, the unconditioned Absolute, am the abode of the Saguna (conditioned) Brahman Who is immortal and imperishable. I am also the abode of the eternal Dharma of Jnananishtha (establishment in the highest wisdom) and the abode of the unending bliss born of that unswerving devotion.
After Swami Sivananda
Rising above the gunas· 14.19–14.27→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 14.19When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows that which is higher than…
- 14.20The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is evolved,…
- 14.21Arjuna said, "What are the marks of one who has transcended the three qualities, O Lord?…
- 14.22The Blessed Lord said, "When light, activity, and delusion are present, he does not hate…
- 14.23He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the dualities, and who, knowing that…
- 14.24Who is the same in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, a…
- 14.25Who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all…
- 14.26And he who serves Me with unwavering devotion, he, crossing beyond the dualities, is fit…
14.27For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, and…
Word-by-word→
- hi
- only
- cha
- and
- aham
- I
- sukhasya
- of bliss
- avyayasya
- of the imperishable
- dharmasya
- of the dharma
- amṛitasya
- of the immortal
- aikāntikasya
- unending
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Brahman
- pratiṣhṭhā
- the basis
- śhāśhvatasya
- of the eternal
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