Chapter 8

Verse 11

Bhagavad Gita

यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति
विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः |
यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति
तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ||८-११||
Transliteration

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ .
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye ||8-11||
English Meaning

8.11 Now I will speak briefly of the imperishable goal, proclaimed by those versed in the scriptures, which the mystic attains when free from passion, and for which he is content to undergo the vow of continence.