Chapter 8 · Verse 20 · Akshara Brahma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 8.20
Sanskrit
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
Transliteration
paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu naśhyatsu na vinaśhyati
In plain words
When everything you love falls apart—a marriage, a dream, a body that no longer works—it feels like you are dying too. But Krishna says: there is something in you that cannot be destroyed, something that watches all of this change and remains whole. That witness, that awareness, that is who you really are, and it survives everything.
Word by Word
Beyond the unmanifest realm that dissolves and reforms through cosmic cycles, there exists something eternal and transcendent—a consciousness that witnesses all creation yet remains untouched by destruction. This is Brahman, the supreme reality that persists when all beings pass away, yet remains forever unchanged.
When you recognize that your true Self is this imperishable witness rather than the changing body and mind, you discover the ground of unshakeable peace that no circumstance can diminish.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.20 — BG 8.20
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