Bhagavad Gita · Verse 8.23

Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga (अक्षर ब्रह्मयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः । प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥२३॥

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ | prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||23||

Complete Shloka Translation

O best of the Bharatas, I will explain the time or path by which departing yogis attain nonreturn, and that by which they return.

Narrative Context: Introduction to the two paths of departure.

14 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
अनावृत्तिम्	anāvṛttim	nonreturn
आवृत्तिम्	āvṛttim	return
यत्र	yatra	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
काले	kāle	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं	tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
चैव	caiva	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
योगिनः	yoginaḥ	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
प्रयाता	prayātā	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
यान्ति	yānti	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
तं	taṃ	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
कालं	kālaṃ	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
वक्ष्यामि	vakṣyāmi	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
भरतर्षभ	bharatarṣabha	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...
२३	bharatarṣabha	[term] in context of O best of the Bharatas, I will...

अनावृत्तिम्anāvṛttim

nonreturn

आवृत्तिम्āvṛttim

return

यत्रyatra