8.21
Chapter 8, Verse 21
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्। यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम৷৷
avyaktō.kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṅ gatim. yaṅ prāpya na nivartantē taddhāma paramaṅ mama৷৷
Translation
The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
अव्यक्तः unmanifested, अक्षरः imperishable, इति thus, उक्तः called, तम् That, आहुः (they) say, परमाम् the highest, गतिम् goal (path), यम् which, प्राप्य having reached, न not, निवर्तन्ते return, तत् that, धाम abode (place or state), परमम् highest, मम My. Commentary: Para Brahman is called the Unmanifested because It cannot be perceived by the senses. It is called the Imperishable also. It is allpervading, allpermeating and interpenetrating. Para Brahman is the highest Goal. There is nothing higher than It. This is the true nondual state free from all sorts of limiting adjuncts. The attainment of Brahmaloka (the region of the Creator) etc., is inferior to this. Only by realising the Self is one liberated from Samsara. (Cf.XII.3,XV.6)
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.