Bhagavad Gita · Akshara Brahma YogaAdhyaay 8, Shloka 11 (8.11)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति
विशन्ति यद् यतयो वीतरागाः
यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति
तत् ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये
॥ 8.11 ॥
yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti
viśanti yad yatayo vītarāgāḥ
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tat te padaṃ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye
Anuvaad
"Jise vedon ke gyaata 'akshar' kehte hain, jismein raag-rahit yati pravesh karte hain, jise chaahte hue (saadhak) brahmacharya ka paalan karte hain — woh pad main tumhe sankshep mein bataunga."
Bhaavaarth
Shankaracharya — Om upaasana mand-madhyam buddhi ke liye. Yat akṣaraṃ … avināśi veda-vidaḥ … vadanti — pramaan Brihadaranyak 3.8.8 (etad akṣaraṃ gārgi brāhmaṇā abhivadanti … asthūlam anaṇu); yatayaḥ … saṃnyāsinaḥ vītarāgāḥ; brahmacaryaṃ gurau caranti — guru ke paas brahmacharya. Phir lamba sandarbh — Prashna Up. 5 aur Kathopanishad 1.2.14–15 — aur nishkarsh: parasya brahmaṇo vācaka-rūpeṇa pratimāvat pratīka-rūpeṇa vā … manda-madhyama-buddhīnāṃ vivakṣitasya oṃkārasya upāsanaṃ kālāntare mukti-phalam — Om, param brahm ke vaachak ya pratima jaise pratik ke roop mein, mand aur madhyam buddhi walon ke liye upaasana hai, jiska phal kaalaantar mein mukti.
Aacharya Ramanuja. Yad akṣaram asthūlatvādi-guṇakaṃ veda-vido vadanti — jise asthoolata aadi gunon wala akshar kehte hain; padyate gamyate anena iti padaṃ, tad nikhila-vedānta-vedyaṃ mat-svarūpam akṣaraṃ yathā upāsyaṃ tathā saṃkṣepeṇa pravakṣyāmi — "pad" yaani jisse pahuncha jaaye; sab Vedanta se jaanne yogya mera akshar-svaroop kaise upaasya hai, sankshep mein kahunga.