Chapter 8 · Verse 17 · Akshara Brahma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 8.17
Sanskrit
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
Transliteration
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ
In plain words
You feel trapped by time—by the urgency of this moment, by how long you've already suffered, by the clock ticking on what you think you should have done by now. Krishna says: the cosmos breathes in rhythms so vast that your crisis, however real it feels, is held within something infinitely larger and slower than your panic. When you can touch that—even for a moment—the stranglehold of "this has to happen now" begins to loosen, and you can actually see what's yours to do.
Word by Word
4 billion year cycle that dwarfs human lifespans into mere moments. Yet this isn't meant to diminish you, but to liberate you from the tyranny of temporal thinking.
When you grasp that time itself is a play of consciousness, you begin to live in the eternal present where true freedom dwells.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.17 — BG 8.17
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