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BG 8.8 — 8.8 With the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast by the method of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating, one goes to the Supre | Live Gita
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अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना |
परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् ||८-८||

orsaṃśayama abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā . paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ||8-8||


।।8.8।। हे पार्थ ! अभ्यासयोग से युक्त अन्यत्र न जाने वाले चित्त से निरन्तर चिन्तन करता हुआ (साधक) परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

8.8 अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन (with the mind made) steadfast by the method of habitual meditation? चेतसा with the mind? न not? अन्यगामिना moving towards any other thing? परमम् Supreme? पुरुषम् Purusha? दिव्यम् the resplendent? याति goes? पार्थ O Partha? अनुचिन्तयन् meditating.Commentary Abhyasa means practice. Practice is the constant repetition of one idea of God. In the practice of meditation Vijatiya Vrittis (worldly thoughts or thoughts of a type different from the object of meditation) are shut out

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।8.8।।तथा --, हे पार्थ अभ्यासयोगयुक्त अनन्यगामी चित्तद्वारा अर्थात् चित्तसमर्पणके आश्रयभूत मुझ एक परमात्मामें ही विजातीय प्रतीतियोंके व्यवधानसे रहित तुल्य प्रतीतिकी आवृत्तिका नाम अभ्यास है वह अभ्यास ही योग है ऐसे अभ्यासरूप योगसे युक्त उस एक ही आलम्बनमें लगा हुआ विषयान्तरमें न जानेवाला जो योगीका चित्त है उस चित्तद्वारा शास्त्र और आचार्यके उपदेशानुसार चिन्तन करता हुआ योगी परम निरतिशय -- दिव्य पुरुषको -- जो आकाशस्थ सूर्यमण्डलमें परम पुरुष है -- उसको प्राप्त होता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

8.8 O son of Prtha, by meditating with a mind which is engaged in the yoga of practice and which does not stray away to anything else, one reaches the supreme Person existing in the effulgent region.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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