Sārathi

Word

akṣharam

Used in 8 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 8.3अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते।akṣharaṁ brahma paramaṁ svabhāvo ’dhyātmam uchyateThe Blessed Lord said, "Brahman is the Imperishable, the Supreme; its essential nature is called Self-knowledge; the offering (to the gods) that causes the existence and…Here: indestructible
  2. 8.11यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्तिyad akṣharaṁ veda-vido vadantiThat which is declared to be Imperishable by those who know the Vedas, that which the self-controlled (ascetics or Sannyasins) and passion-free enter, that goal…Here: Imperishable
  3. 8.13ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।oṁ ityekākṣharaṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaranUttering the one-syllabled Om, the Brahman, and remembering Me, he who departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.Here: one syllabled
  4. 10.25महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्।maharṣhīṇāṁ bhṛigur ahaṁ girām asmyekam akṣharamAmong the great sages, I am Bhrigu; among words, I am the one syllable (Om); among sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of silent repetition; among the immovable things, I am…Here: the syllable Om
  5. 11.18त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यंtvam akṣharaṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁYou are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy of being known. You are the great treasure-house of this universe; You are the imperishable protector of the eternal…Here: the imperishable
  6. 11.37कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्kasmāch cha te na nameran mahātmanAnd why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O…Here: the imperishable
  7. 12.1अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।arjuna uvāchaArjuna said, "Which of them are better versed in Yoga—those who steadfastly worship You, or those who worship the imperishable and the unmanifested?"Here: the imperishable
  8. 12.3ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।ye tv akṣharam anirdeśhyam avyaktaṁ paryupāsateThose who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the immovable, and the eternal.Here: the imperishable