Chapter 8 · Verse 9 · Akshara Brahma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 8.9
Sanskrit
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।
Transliteration
kaviṁ purāṇam anuśhāsitāram aṇor aṇīyānsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram achintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt
In plain words
When your mind is scattered—when you're drowning in what-ifs, when the future feels too big and the present too small—you need an anchor. Krishna says: there is an Intelligence holding all of this, smaller than your doubt and bigger than your fear, radiant and steady beyond the darkness you're moving through. Fix your remembering there, and the spinning stops.
Word by Word
The Eternal Reality dwells as the Primordial Poet and ancient Sustainer, smaller than the smallest atom yet supporting all existence—inconceivable in form, radiant as the sun, forever beyond ignorance and darkness. This verse invites us to fix our consciousness upon that luminous, formless presence that orchestrates every breath and thought.
In our modern scattered lives, this becomes the anchor: remembering that beneath all complexity, a singular Intelligence watches, sustains, and knows us completely.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.9 — BG 8.9
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