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अथ अष्टमोऽध्यायः

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः

The Yoga of the Immutable Brahman

Akṣara-brahma-yoga

Remember Him at all times and fight, until remembrance is no longer an act of the mind but the very substance of your consciousness. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
vāsudevaḥ sarvam — the knowledge that the Divine is all that is
and is led towards
mām anusmara yudhya ca — the whole of life become a remembrance of the Divine
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Summary of chapter 8

The Supreme Divine - We have here the first description of the Supreme Purusha, - the Godhead who is even more and greater than the Immutable and to whom the Gita gives subsequently (as in the fifteenth chapter) the name of Purushottama. The language here is taken bodily from the Upanishads.

Chapter 8 illustration, titled अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः
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Chapter outline

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  1. 8·1–4The terms of lntegral Knowledge.
  2. 8·5–16The Yogic wav to final release into divine Status.
  3. 8·17–26The Cosmic Cvcle; Dav and Night of the Creator, their hearings on mystic paths.
  4. 8·27–28The supreme value of constant Yoga.
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The verses

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 8·27नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन । तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन ॥ २७ ॥naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana, tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna.The Yogin who knows them (these two courses) is not misled into any error, therefore at all times be in Yoga…
  2. 8·28वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् । अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥ २८ ॥vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṁ pradiṣṭam, atyeti tatsarvamidaṁ viditvā yogī paraṁ sthānamupaiti cādyam.The fruits of meritorious deeds declared in the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and charitable gifts, the Yogin…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेअक्षरब्रह्मयोगो नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ ८॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādeakṣarabrahmayogo nāmāṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the eighth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman”

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