Abhyasa Yoga

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11. That Imperishable Goal which the knowers of the Veda declare, which the

self-controlled and the passion-free enter, which desiring they lead the godly

life - That Goal will I declare to thee with brevity.

 

12-13. Having closed all the gates, having confined mind in the heart, having

fixed his life-breath in the head, engaged in firm Yoga, uttering Brahman, the

one-syllabled 'Om', thinking of Me, whoso departs, leaving the body, he reaches

the Supreme Goal.

 

14. Whoso constantly thinks of me and long, to him I am easily accessible, O son

of Pritha, to the ever-devout Yogin.

 

15. Having attained to Me, they do not again attain birth, which is the seat of

pain and is not eternal, they having reached highest perfection.

 

16. (All) worlds including the world of Brahma are subject to returning again, O

Arjuna; but, on reaching Me, O son of Kunti, there is no rebirth.

 

17. They - those people who know day and night - know that the day of Brahma is

a thousand yugas long and the night is a thousand yugas long.

 

18. From the Unmanifested all the manifestations proceed at the coming on of

day; at the coming on of night they dissolve there only, in what is called the

Unmanifested.

 

19. This same multitude of beings having come into being again and again, is

dissolved at the coming on of night, not of their will, O son of Pritha and

comes forth at the coming on of day.

 

20. But that other eternal Unmanifested Being, distinct from this Unmanifested

(Avyakta) - He does not perish when all creatures perish.

 

to be continued...