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Bhagavad Gita · 14.27 · Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature·27 of 27

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य चशाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣhṭhāham amṛitasyāvyayasya cha

śhāśhvatasya cha dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya cha

Sanskrit recitation

Rising above the gunas · 14.19–14.27 · Teaching

Translation

For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, and absolute bliss.

Meaning

The Self Which is immortal and immutable, Which is attainable by the eternal Dharma or the knowledge of the Self, Which is unending bliss, abides in Me, the Supreme Being.,I, the innermost Self, am the abode of the Supreme Self. The aspirant beholds, with the eye of intuition, that the innermost Self is the very Supreme Self, through Selfrealisation.The Lord bestows grace and mercy on His devotees through His Sakti, energy or power, or Maya. Sakti and the Lord are one. Just as heat is inseparable from fire, so also Maya or Sakti is inseparable from the Lord. Sakti cannot be distinct from the Lord in Whom She inheres.There is another interpretation. By Brahman here is meant the Brahman with attributes or alities, the conditioned Brahman. I, the Absolute Brahman, transcending the attributes or alities, the unconditioned Absolute, am the abode of the Saguna (conditioned) Brahman Who is immortal and imperishable. I am also the abode of the eternal Dharma of Jnananishtha (establishment in the highest wisdom) and the abode of the unending bliss born of that unswerving devotion.

After Swami Sivananda

Rising above the gunas· 14.19–14.27

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

Word-by-word
hi
only
cha
and
aham
I
sukhasya
of bliss
avyayasya
of the imperishable
dharmasya
of the dharma
amṛitasya
of the immortal
aikāntikasya
unending
brahmaṇaḥ
of Brahman
pratiṣhṭhā
the basis
śhāśhvatasya
of the eternal

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