Bhagavad Gita BG 8.10
Chapter 8, Verse 10 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव । भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥
prayana-kale manasa acalena bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva bhruvor madhye pranam aveshya samyak sa tam param purusham upaiti divyam
Meaning
At the time of departure, with an unmoving mind, united with devotion and by the power of yoga, having fixed the prana correctly between the eyebrows — one reaches that Supreme Divine Person.
Understanding
The specific death-yoga technique: (1) Manasa acalena — with an unmoving (acala) mind — the mind that has been trained by abhyasa. (2) Bhaktya yukta — united with bhakti (devotion — the emotional orientation toward the Supreme). (3) Yoga-balena — by the power/force of yoga (the gathered pranic and meditative force). (4) Bhruvor madhye pranam aveshya samyak — having fixed the prana correctly (samyak) between the eyebrows (bhruvor madhye — the ajna chakra, the brahmarandhra pathway). The practitioner conscious at death, through these combined means, reaches (upaiti) the Supreme Divine Person.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| प्रयाणकाले | prayana-kale | at the time of departure (death) |
| अचलेन | acalena | unmoving, unwavering, steady |
| भ्रुवोर्मध्ये | bhruvor madhye | between the eyebrows (the ajna point) |
| प्राणमावेश्य | pranam aveshya | having fixed/directed the prana, having lodged the life-force |
| सम्यक् | samyak | correctly, properly, rightly |
| प्रयाण-काले | prayāṇa-kāle | at the time of death |
| मनसा | manasā | with the mind |
| भक्त्या | bhaktyā | with devotion |
| युक्तः | yuktaḥ | endowed with |
| योग-बलेन | yoga-balena | by the power of yoga |
| च | ca | and |
| एव | eva | indeed |
| भ्रुवोः | bhruvoḥ | between the eyebrows |
| मध्ये | madhye | in the middle, between |
| प्राणम् | prāṇam | the life force |
| आवेश्य | āveśya | having fixed, established |
| सः | saḥ | he |
| तम् | tam | that |
| परम् | param | supreme |
| पुरुषम् | puruṣam | Person |
| उपैति | upaiti | attains, reaches |
| दिव्यम् | divyam | divine |
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