Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyaas Yoga, verse 50
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥
Say itsiddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me
samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā
Translation
Learn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Brahman—the Eternal, that supreme state of knowledge.
Swami Sivananda
Understand for certain from Me, in brief indeed, O son of Kunti, that process by which one who has achieved success attains Brahman, which is the supreme consummation of knowledge.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Learn from me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection attains the Brahman—the supreme consummation of knowledge.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Having attained success, how one attains Brahman—an attainment which is confirmed to be the final beatitude of true knowledge—that you must learn from Me briefly.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
I will now state briefly how one who has reached perfection finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे कौन्तेय ! सिद्धि-(अन्तःकरणकी शुद्धि-) को प्राप्त हुआ साधक ब्रह्मको, जो कि ज्ञानकी परा निष्ठा है, जिस प्रकारसे प्राप्त होता है, उस प्रकारको तुम मुझसे संक्षेपमें ही समझो।
Swami Ramsukhdas
सिद्धि को प्राप्त पुरुष किस प्रकार ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होता है, तथा ज्ञान की परा निष्ठा को भी तुम मुझसे संक्षेप में जानो।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.