avyayam

How it is translated

• imperishable (7)
• eternal (5)
• immutable (2)
• everlasting (2)
• unchangeable (1)

Every verse

1. 2.21वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayamWhoever knows it to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and inexhaustible, how can that person slay, O Arjuna, or cause to be slain?Here: immutable
2. 2.34अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāniPeople will also recount your everlasting dishonor; and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.Here: everlasting
3. 4.1इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayamThe Blessed Lord said, "I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan; he then told it to Manu; Manu proclaimed it to Ikshvaku.Here: eternal
4. 4.13चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥThe fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma; though I am the author of it, know Me as non-doer and immutable.Here: unchangeable
5. 7.13त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagatDeluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does not know Me as distinct from them and immutable.Here: imperishable
6. 7.24अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥThe foolish think of Me, the Unmanifest, as having manifestation, not knowing My higher, immutable, and most excellent nature.Here: imperishable
7. 7.25नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥI am not manifest to all, veiled as I am by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, who am unborn and imperishable.Here: immutable
8. 9.2राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्।rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamamThis is the royal science, the royal secret, the supreme purifier, realizable by direct intuitive knowledge, according to righteousness, very easy to perform and…Here: everlasting
9. 9.13महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥBut the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.Here: imperishable
10. 9.18गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣhī nivāsaḥ śharaṇaṁ suhṛitI am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, and the…Here: imperishable
11. 11.2भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śhrutau vistaraśho mayāThe origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Your inexhaustible greatness.Here: eternal
12. 11.4मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।manyase yadi tach chhakyaṁ mayā draṣhṭum iti prabhoIf Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogis, show me Thy imperishable Self.Here: imperishable
13. 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.Here: eternal
14. 15.1श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaThe Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and branches below, whose leaves are the meters or hymns; he who…Here: eternal
15. 15.5निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣhāFree from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs…Here: eternal
16. 18.20सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते।sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhateThat by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.Here: imperishable
17. 18.56सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥHaving taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.Here: imperishable