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Bhagavad Gita · 8.20 · Path of the Eternal God·20 of 28

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनःयः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति

paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt

sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu naśhyatsu na vinaśhyati

Sanskrit recitation

The path of light · 8.14–8.22 · Teaching

Translation

But verily, there exists higher than this Unmanifested, another Unmanifested Eternal, which is not destroyed even when all beings are destroyed.

Meaning

Another unmanifested in the ancient or eternal Para Brahman Who is distinct from the Unmanifested (Avyakta or Primordial Nature), Who is of ite a different nature. It is superior to Hiranyagarbha (the Cosmic Creative Intelligence) and the Unmanifested Nature because It is their cause. It is not destroyed when all the beings from Brahma down to the ants or the blade of grass are destroyed. (Cf.XV.17)

After Swami Sivananda

The path of light· 8.14–8.22

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
na
never
tu
but
saḥ
that
yaḥ
who
anyaḥ
another
paraḥ
transcendental
tasmāt
than that
avyaktāt
to the unmanifest
bhāvaḥ
creation
avyaktaḥ
unmanifest
naśhyatsu
cease to exist
sarveṣhu
all
bhūteṣhu
in beings
vinaśhyati
is annihilated
sanātanaḥ
eternal

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