Shloka 8

विभूति-योगः (Vibhūti-yoga) — Exemplary Manifestations as a Contemplative Index

Devanagari script

अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेनः चेतसा नान्यगामिना । परम॑ पुरुष दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्‌,हे पार्थ! यह नियम है कि परमेश्वरके ध्यानके अभ्यासरूप योगसे युक्त, दूसरी ओर न जानेवाले चित्तसे निरन्तर चिन्तन करता हुआ मनुष्य परम प्रकाश-स्वरूप दिव्य पुरुषको अर्थात्‌ परमेश्वरको ही प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

abhyāsayoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā | paramaṁ puruṣaṁ divyaṁ yāti pārthānucintayan ||

Translation

With a mind disciplined by the yoga of repeated practice—steady and not wandering elsewhere—one who continually contemplates the Supreme, the radiant Divine Person, attains Him alone.

Word by Word

• {'abhyāsa': 'repeated practice

• sustained cultivation', 'yoga': 'discipline

• method of inner integration', 'abhyāsa-yoga-yukta': 'endowed with the discipline of practice', 'cetas': 'mind

• consciousness', 'nānya-gāmin': 'not going elsewhere

• non-wandering, undistracted', 'parama': 'supreme

• highest', 'puruṣa': 'person

• the Supreme Person', 'divya': 'divine

• transcendent', 'yāti': 'goes to

• attains', 'anucintayan': 'continually reflecting upon

• repeatedly contemplating', 'pārtha': 'son of Pṛthā

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parama Puruṣa (Supreme Divine Person)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady attainment of the Supreme comes through abhyāsa-yoga—repeated meditative practice—by which the mind becomes non-wandering and continuously contemplates the Divine Person.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Gītā’s instruction on remembrance and the path to the Highest, the teaching emphasizes disciplined concentration: the seeker who keeps the mind from straying and persists in contemplation reaches the Supreme Divine Person.