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Chapter 8 · Verse 21 · Akshara Brahma Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 8.21

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Sanskrit

अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्। यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।

Transliteration

avyakto ’kṣhara ityuktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatim yaṁ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama

Word by Word

avyaktaḥ unmanifest
akṣharaḥ imperishable
iti thus
uktaḥ is said
tam that
āhuḥ is called
paramām the supreme
gatim destination
yam which
prāpya having reached
na never
nivartante come back
tat that
dhāma abode
paramam the supreme
mama my
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals here the ultimate nature of Brahman—that which transcends all manifestation yet sustains it, the imperishable ground of being that the Upanishads call akshara. When a soul reaches this supreme abode through wisdom and devotion, it returns no more to the wheel of becoming; it rests eternally in its own true nature.

For us today, this teaching dissolves the fear that spiritual realization is distant or impossible—it is already the deepest truth of your own being, waiting only to be recognized and claimed.

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Bhagavad Gita 8.21 — BG 8.21

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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