Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Lyrics In English
atha ashhtamo.adhyaayah ।
arjuna uvaacha ।
kim tadbrahma kimadhyaatmam kim karma purushhottama ।
adhibhootam cha kim proktamadhidaivam kimuchyate ॥ 1 ॥
adhiyajjhnah katham ko.atra dehe.asminmadhusoodana ।
prayaanakaale cha katham jjhneyo.asi niyataatmabhih ॥ 2 ॥
shreebhagavaanuvaacha ।
akshharam brahma paramam svabhaavo.adhyaatmamuchyate ।
bhootabhaavodbhavakaro visargah karmasamjjhnitah ॥ 3 ॥
adhibhootam kshharo bhaavah purushhashchaadhidaivatam ।
adhiyajjhno.ahamevaatra dehe dehabhrritaam vara ॥ 4 ॥
antakaale cha maameva smaranmuktvaa kalevaram ।
yah prayaati sa madbhaavam yaati naastyatra samshayah ॥ 5 ॥
yam yam vaapi smaranbhaavam tyajatyante kalevaram ।
tam tamevaiti kaunteya sadaa tadbhaavabhaavitah ॥ 6 ॥
tasmaatsarveshhu kaaleshhu maamanusmara yudhya cha ।
mayyarpitamanobuddhirmaamevaishhyasyasamshayam ॥ 7 ॥
abhyaasayogayuktena chetasaa naanyagaaminaa ।
paramam purushham divyam yaati paarthaanuchintayan ॥ 8 ॥
kavim puraanamanushaasitaaramanoraneeyamsamanusmaredyah।
sarvasya dhaataaramachintyaroopamaadityavarnam tamasah parastaat ॥ 9 ॥
prayaanakaale manasaachalena bhaktyaa yukto yogabalena chaiva।
bhruvormadhye praanamaaveshya samyaksa tam param purushhamupaiti divyam ॥ 10 ॥
yadakshharam vedavido vadanti vishanti yadyatayo veetaraagaah।
yadichchanto brahmacharyam charanti tatte padam samgrahena pravakshhye ॥ 11 ॥
sarvadvaaraani samyamya mano hrridi nirudhya cha ।
moordhnyaadhaayaatmanah praanamaasthito yogadhaaranaam ॥ 12 ॥
omityekaakshharam brahma vyaaharanmaamanusmaran ।
yah prayaati tyajandeham sa yaati paramaam gatim ॥ 13 ॥
ananyachetaah satatam yo maam smarati nityashah ।
tasyaaham sulabhah paartha nityayuktasya yoginah ॥ 14 ॥
maamupetya punarjanma duhkhaalayamashaashvatam ।
naapnuvanti mahaatmaanah samsiddhim paramaam gataah ॥ 15 ॥
aabrahmabhuvanaallokaah punaraavartino.arjuna ।
maamupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ॥ 16 ॥
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmano viduh ।
raatrim yugasahasraantaam te.ahoraatravido janaah ॥ 17 ॥
avyaktaadvyaktayah sarvaah prabhavantyaharaagame ।
raatryaagame praleeyante tatraivaavyaktasamjjhnake ॥ 18 ॥
bhootagraamah sa evaayam bhootvaa bhootvaa praleeyate ।
raatryaagame.avashah paartha prabhavatyaharaagame ॥ 19 ॥
parastasmaattu bhaavo.anyo.avyakto.avyaktaatsanaatanah ।
yah sa sarveshhu bhooteshhu nashyatsu na vinashyati ॥ 20 ॥
avyakto.akshhara ityuktastamaahuh paramaam gatim ।
yam praapya na nivartante taddhaama paramam mama ॥ 21 ॥
purushhah sa parah paartha bhaktyaa labhyastvananyayaa ।
yasyaantahsthaani bhootaani yena sarvamidam tatam ॥ 22 ॥
yatra kaale tvanaavrrittimaavrrittim chaiva yoginah ।
prayaataa yaanti tam kaalam vakshhyaami bharatarshhabha ॥ 23 ॥
agnirjotirahah shuklah shhanmaasaa uttaraayanam ।
tatra prayaataa gachchanti brahma brahmavido janaah ॥ 24 ॥
dhoomo raatristathaa krrishhnah shhanmaasaa dakshhinaayanam ।
tatra chaandramasam jyotiryogee praapya nivartate ॥ 25 ॥
shuklakrrishhne gatee hyete jagatah shaashvate mate ।
ekayaa yaatyanaavrrittimanyayaavartate punah ॥ 26 ॥
naite srritee paartha jaananyogee muhyati kashchana ।
tasmaatsarveshhu kaaleshhu yogayukto bhavaarjuna ॥ 27 ॥
vedeshhu yajjhneshhu tapahsu chaiva daaneshhu yatpunyaphalam pradishhtam।
atyeti tatsarvamidam viditvaayogee param sthaanamupaiti chaadyam ॥ 28 ॥
om tatsaditi shreemadbhagavadgeetaasoopanishhatsu brahmavidyaayaam yogashaastre shreekrrishhnaarjunasamvaade
akshharabrahmayogo naamaashhtamo.adhyaayah ॥8 ॥
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