Bhagavad Gita 2.72
Chapter 2, verse 72
Meaning
This, Arjuna, is the brāhmī state, a way of being rooted in Brahman. Whoever reaches it is not confused again. Abiding in it even at death, they reach brahma-nirvāṇa, the stillness of Brahman.
The Sanskrit
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।
स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥ ७२ ॥
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati
sthitvāsyām antakāle 'pi brahmanirvāṇam ṛcchati
Say it
ay-shaa braah-mee sthi-tih paar-thuh nai-naam praap-yuh vi-mooh-yuh-ti
sthit-vaa-syaam un-tuh-kaa-lay-pi bruh-muh-nir-vaa-num rich-chuh-ti
Word by word
- eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ
- this is the state rooted in Brahman
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- na enām prāpya vimuhyati
- having reached it, one is no longer confused
- sthitvā asyām
- abiding in it
- anta-kāle api
- even at the hour of death
- brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati
- one reaches brahma-nirvāṇa, the stillness of Brahman
Read it in context: verses 2.69–72The ocean that rivers cannot fillWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Be the ocean, not the bucket
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.72 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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