Bhagavad Gita 8.10 Meaning: Prayanakale manasachalena

Bhagavad Gita 8.10

प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥

Prayanakale manasachalena bhaktya yukto yogabalena chaivaBhruvormadhye pranamaveshya samyak sa tam param purushamupaiti divyam

prayāṇakāle manasā’calena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva |bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam ||

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Our explanation Such a person, Krishna says, at the time of departure, with a steady mind, full of devotion, and by the strength of yoga drawing the life-breath (prāṇa) to the point between the eyebrows, reaches that supreme divine Purusha.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि ऐसा व्यक्ति प्रयाण (मृत्यु) के समय स्थिर मन से, भक्ति से युक्त होकर, योग के बल से प्राण को भौंहों के बीच ठीक से स्थापित करके, उस परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।

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प्रयाणकाले prayāṇakāle · at the time of departure (death) (compound, locative singular) Dictionary: pra-yāṇa-kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 688, col. 1 “time of departure, death”
मनसा manasā · with a mind (instrumental singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
अचलेन acalena · steady, unmoving (instrumental singular) Dictionary: a-cala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 8, col. 3 “not moving, immovable”
भक्त्या bhaktyā · with devotion (instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to”
युक्तः yuktaḥ · joined, endowed (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “absorbed in abstract meditation, concentrated, attentive”
योगबलेन yogabalena · by the strength of yoga (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: yoga-bala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 1 “the force of devotion”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · also, indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
भ्रुवोः bhruvoḥ · of the two eyebrows (genitive dual) Dictionary: bhrū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 770, col. 3 “an eyebrow, the brow”
मध्ये madhye · between (locative singular) Dictionary: madhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 3 “the middle, midst, centre, inside, interior”
प्राणम् prāṇam · the life-breath (accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. prāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 705, col. 1 “the breath of life, breath, respiration, spirit, vitality”
आवेश्य āveśya · having placed, having fixed (absolutive of the causative ('having made')) Dictionary: ā-viś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 3 “Caus. -veśayati, to cause to enter or approach”
सम्यक् samyak · rightly, fully (indeclinable) Dictionary: samy-añc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1181, col. 2 “correctly, truly, properly, fitly, in the right way or manner, well, duly”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
तम् tam · that (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
परम् param · supreme (accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “highest, supreme, chief”
पुरुषम् puruṣam · the Purusha, the person (accusative singular) Dictionary: puruṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 637, col. 1 “the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe”
उपैति upaiti · reaches (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. upe, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 2 “to come near to, reach, obtain”
दिव्यम् divyam · divine (accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”

Bhagavad Gita 8.10: meaning and translation

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